I'm lost, how does using APRS constitute multiple transmissions? It's
not that hard to turn off the aprs radio when you flip over to 2m ssb
or cw. You could put a relay in that did it for you. Sure, if you
left APRS on all the time while roving, I could see how it could TX
while you were on SSB, but it doesn't have to be that way. In fact,
most APRS setups are set to not TX if they receiving any sound(data)
breaking squelch. (Collision avoidance.) The last time I ran APRS and
SSB at the same time, the TX on SSB overrode the front end of the RX
on APRS so badly that APRS would never TX while I was using SSB. I
had a relay in place to block APRS TX during SSB TX, but because the
RX on APRS was overloaded it wasn't even used.
People using hamIM have been turning off their APRS TX rig for a
while now and it's not so hard that we need to thrash the rulemakers
for making APRS use legal.
(Thanks for making APRS legal.)
kr0ver
At 06:24 PM 12/17/2007, k4gun@comcast.net wrote:
>Hmmm... this is odd. I see what people are saying about multiple
>transmissions on the same band, but take a look at the rules:
>
>2.3.7. Rovers are permitted to use APRS. Rovers using APRS transmit
>only their call sign and position. Any multi-op station may access
>rover APRS data directly or via the Internet.
>
>That would seem to indicate that even though APRS is a transmission,
>its somehow OK. Am I reading that correctly?
>
>Steve
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