On 15/12/21 7:55 pm, Borja Marcos via 44Net wrote:
On 6 Dec 2021, at 16:50, Jim MacKenzie via 44Net 44net@mailman.ampr.org wrote:
I am not aware of any portion of the Part 97 rules that apply to the wired
internet at large.
Part 97 rules only apply to RF transmissions made from US territory on amateur radio bands. Full stop.
Indeed. I don’t think any national regulation at all considers any IP address space as “amateur radio”. Amateur radio is transmitted by radio and of course using ham spectrum.
I think other national regulations are quite similar. At least in Spain/Europe it is legal to use encryption *only* for equipment control purposes. Originally it was intended for repeater control, nowadays it should be possible to use ssh, for example, to manage AREDN equipment.
73,
Borja / EA2EKH
All,
This is the situation in Australia, taken from this document https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020C00376
(3A) The licensee must not operate an amateur station to transmit signals that are encoded for the purpose of obscuring the meaning of the signals, except for:
(a) signals exchanged between an amateur station and a space station in an amateur-satellite service for the purpose of controlling the operation of the space station; and
(b) signals exchanged between an amateur station and an unattended amateur station for the purpose of controlling the operation of the unattended amateur station; and
(c) intercommunications when participating in emergency services operations or training exercises related to emergency services.
Let the bush lawyers have fun!!
Ray vk2tv