[App_rpt-users] Speaking of CW IDs

[Mike/W5JR]

True for Part 97 but not other services (as you mention). Also, a non-RF implementation might use "locations" rather than FCC issued callsigns although a voice "ID" is probably more useful for such non ham implementations. 

tnx
Mike / W5JR
Milton GA

> On Dec 15, 2013, at 5:36 PM, "Bryan D. Boyle" <bdboyle at bdboyle.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/15/2013 5:04 PM, Chuck Henderson wrote:
>> It is limited by this line in the app_rpt.c file and by FCC rules
> 
> Thanks, Chuck...was wondering when someone would bring up the FCC regs
> for the US (acknowledging that other jurisdictions may be different)
> 
> In the US, under FCC jurisdiction, in the section dealing with station
> ID, part 97.119 (from the FCC website):
> ---
> (a) Each amateur station, except a space station or telecommand station,
> must transmit its assigned call sign on its transmitting channel at the
> end of each communication, and at least every 10 minutes during a
> communication, for the purpose of clearly making the source of the
> transmissions from the station known to those receiving the
> transmissions. No station may transmit unidentified communications or
> signals, or transmit as the station call sign, any call sign not
> authorized to the station.
> 
> (b) The call sign must be transmitted with an emission authorized for
> the transmitting channel in one of the following ways:
> 
> (1) By a CW emission. When keyed by an automatic device used only for
> identification, the speed must not exceed 20 words per minute;
> ---
> 
> I suppose you could change it for a hub node...but, mistakes happen in
> configuration (else why would this list exist to plow the same furrow
> over and over...???) and SOMEHOW an RF emitter connected to that hub
> would (will?) end up sending CW IDs at 50 WPM.  Why tempt fate?
> 
> I'm sure one could parse it to mean that asterisk is not only used for
> identification to attempt to get around the 20 WPM speed limit.  But, to
> be honest, I'm not interested in being the test case on a NAL cite based
> on parsing the rules that finely. Got better things to do with the money.
> 
> 20 is plenty fast enough to keep the majority of folks out of the weeds,
> I think.
> 
> BB
> WB0YLE
> 
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