[aprssig] ARRRGH!!! Somebody Kill This Website !!!

[Ray Wells]

And we thought we had it bad in the Land of Oz when repeaters were first 
officially sanctioned in the early 1970's (back up timers for the back 
up timers). Repeaters were new and they were nervous.

It surprises me that our regulators chose to not follow the UK with 
regard to amateur regulations, when we followed the UK for so long with 
so many other things.

We have no restriction on unattended digi/packet operations provided the 
tx is fitted with a Watch Dog Timer - the timer in the TNC is sufficient 
in this regard. The only time our regulator (ACMA) might get edgy is if 
someone set up a digi (repeater) at a commercial site and it was brought 
to their attention. For that type of installation we are required to 
obtain a repeater licence and the digi (repeater) frequency is 
"assigned" (from the WIA bandplan) after much number crunching for 
intermods.

Maybe the UK regulators need a copy og the VK regs to show them just how 
unnecessarily restrictive UK regs are.

Ray vk2tv

Bob Bruninga wrote:
> In Private Email, the web page owner has nicely agreed to update the page.  But it is sad to hear of the decay in the stature of amateur radio in the UK...  Without government support of digipeaters, I can see that APRS is in a different world over there...
>
> Bob, WB4APR
>
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>> Best you get onto the "South East England 
>> APRS Yahoo Mailing List"
>>
>> But have your fireproof suit and tin hat on ready!
>>
>> Remember, this site is in the UK, and 
>> things are (a little) different over here.  
>>
>> ...At the moment, from my perspective, APRS 
>> in the UK seems to be dying on it's feet 
>> mainly due to some licencing condition 
>> changes a short while ago, that effectivly 
>> prohibit unatended operation full stop 
>> (not only digi's) unless you have a NOV 
>> (Notice of Variation) for your licence and
>> situation.   Though relatively easy to get, 
>> the stumbling block for most UK ham's, is 
>> the need for 3 shutdown opp's that can 
>> get to the site within 30 mins of being 
>> contacted by the authorities to shut it down.
>>
>> Remote control is not permitted for that 
>> purpose, sadly Ham Radio is seen as "just 
>> CB" by the masses and the media here in 
>> the UK, not being held in anyway near the 
>> same regard as it is in the US or some 
>> other parts of the EU.
>>     
>
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