8 Jan
2016
8 Jan
'16
2:14 p.m.
Subject:
Re: [44net] Is someone read the contact us in the portal ?
From:
Brian Kantor <Brian(a)UCSD.Edu>
Date:
01/08/2016 06:53 PM
To:
AMPRNet working group <44net(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu>
The question of automating address assignment has been looked into;
about the only way it could be done would be if we had a secure method
of making sure that the applicant is a bona fide ham radio operator.
At the moment, the only known automated way of doing this is to use
Logbook of the World certificates, which greatly restricts the number of
people who could prove their eligibility and has its own set of problems.
Also the experience with automation projects is that they often get stranded partly
completed, for all kinds of reasons. The question often is what is better: a working
manual system or a partially finished automated system that does not offer the
flexibility that a manual system has.
(e.g. w.r.t. correcting mistakes, accommodating special situations, handling a large
batch of updates, etc)
Rob