I believe that rule dates back to a time where a control operator was required to manually manage a repeater station, a requirement long abandoned after the adoption automatic control. It was NOT added recently to in any way prevent connection to an IP network. The FCC has already stated a position that IP linking is permissible as long as it does not touch the now defunct dial up PSTN or utilize the NANP. On 2/11/2019 1:45 PM, fwbray@mminternet.com wrote:

On 2019-02-07 06:38, Jeff DePolo wrote:

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Pirated software is probably the least of his problems.

§ 95.1733   Prohibited GMRS uses.

 (8) Messages which are both conveyed by a wireline control link and    transmitted by a GMRS station;

When the FCC last revisited the GMRS regulations, it expressly declined to clarify this and certain other provisions. There are arguably conflicts between this section and others that expressly authorize various forms of remote control.

However, even reading the above-language to apply to things like traditional tone and DC remotes and their modern equivalents, a wireline link that merely coveys audio, such as to voter, could be found permissible so long as it can't/doesn't control the transmitter/repeater, especially if that is already under automatic control.

It isn't my intent to start a legal debate about this -- just to point out that there is ambiguity that the FCC declined to address and that reasonable people can interpret the provision differently.

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