[App_rpt-users] How to turn on AllStar ID Requirements

Fri Mar 29 22:23:31 UTC 2013

You know folks  Just use some common sense.

If your gear is in operation and has active traffic, ID it, CW or Voice
make no difference.

if it is a Simplex Node, same rule applies if it has active traffic, ID
it, choose your method CW or Voice.

if it is a Repeater Node and has activity, it should ID at the proper
intervals. and again choose your method, CW or Voice!

Plain and simple if you or your gear transmits RF in the HAM bands,  ID it

if it is a digital mode make sure you have it ID in the mode it operates
in. other wise use CW at proper intervals.

yes the rules are there for us to use as a guide. Use common sense folks

it is so simple. No need to have the Lawyers or ones who think they are
one, interpret every little thing.

I did not mention exact intervals because every country and local around
the world has different rules.

But you have to ID, it is just being a good operator.

This thread has gone on far too long JMHO & 2 cents worth!

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On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Jim W7RY <w7ry at centurytel.net> wrote:

>   And what you have cut and pasted below is a station operating as a
> beacon station. Not a repeater station sending “CW (modulated interrupted
> tone) or voice” by frequency modulation (FM).
>
>
> Beacons are used for propagation determination on 10, 6 and 2 meters.
> Although I have never heard a 2 meter beacon station. Have you ever heard a
> beacon station on 10 or 6 meters? When 10 meters has propagation, I can
> hear 100s of them.
>
> A beacon station transmits A1 (CW). Not F3 (FM) or CW by modulated FM.
>
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
>
>  *From:* ALERTradio ERC | N0PCO <n0pco at alertradio.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 29, 2013 9:02 AM
> *To:* Jim W7RY <w7ry at centurytel.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [App_rpt-users] How to turn on AllStar ID Requirements
>
> On 03/29/2013 09:57 AM, Jim W7RY wrote:
>
> Please point me to the part 97 rules that state beaconing is illegal.
>
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
>
> § 97.203 Beacon station.
> (a) Any amateur station licensed to a holder of a Technician, General,
> Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be a
> beacon. A holder of a Technician, General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class
> operator license may be the control operator of a
> beacon, subject to the privileges of the class of operator license held.
> (b) A beacon must not concurrently transmit on more than 1 channel in the
> same amateur service frequency band, from the same
> station location.
> (c) The transmitter power of a beacon must not exceed 100 W.
> *(d) A beacon may be automatically controlled while it is transmitting on
> the 28.20–28.30 MHz, 50.06–50.08 MHz, 144.275–144.300
> MHz, 222.05–222.06 MHz or 432.300–432.400 MHz segments, or on the 33 cm
> and shorter wavelength bands.*
>
> Another one of those yes but no situation courtesy of the FCC.   Since
> the  beacon is automatically controlled announcing the availability of the
> repeater / link and in most cases the repeater / link is not operating on a
> frequency within the groups listed under 97.203(d)  the beacon would not be
> legal.
>
> 97.111(b) would be a good place to check regarding one-way communications
>
> (b) In addition to one-way transmissions specifically authorized elsewhere
> in this part, an amateur station may transmit the following
> types of one-way communications:
> (1) Brief transmissions necessary to make adjustments to the station;
> *(2) Brief transmissions necessary to establishing two-way communications
> with other stations;*
> (3) Telecommand;
> (4) Transmissions necessary to providing emergency communications;
> (5) Transmissions necessary to assisting persons learning, or improving
> proficiency in, the international Morse code; and
> *(6) Transmissions necessary to disseminate information bulletins.*
> (7) Transmissions of telemetry.
>
> A voice announcement providing information about the repeater (callsign,
> PL tone, etc.) would fit as permissible  one-way communications.  That some
> would still call a "beacon."  Then going back to 97.203(d) if the same were
> to be done with CW it would not be permissible unless there was already
> traffic on the repeater then it would just be a plain old identification.
>
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> people when Major Whoops shows up.
>
>
> Have a great day.
>
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