[RTTY] ARRL Bandwidth Proposal - FCC Invites Comments

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> > >the lack of a requirement that all digital protocols be
> > >published and freely available in working form to enable
> > >monitoring and "self-policing"
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> What does "freely available in working form" mean, exactly?
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> Free, or just freely available for a price?
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> Working form? Does that mean software with no betas? Final
> release only?
>
> Let's be more specific, guys. This is how bad law gets made.


Since the original language was mine ...

"Freely available" is downloadable from a central site or available
for the cost of postage and media.

"Working software" is software that decodes all variants of the
protocol/modulation in use and provides the ability to transmit
in the base (modulation/protocol) format.

These are the key requirements to be able to identify the source
of interference and respond to the interfering station to advise
them, in real time, that they are causing interference.  This is
also key to permit the Amateur Auxiliary (OO) and/or Commission
personnel to monitor new modulation/protocol/encoding systems as
necessary for enforcement purposes.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV