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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/05/2014 00:26, Andrew P. wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Ugh. That would seem to imply that I-gating in
either direction is illegal in the UK without a permit, because
the whole point of the APRS-IS is to provide long-haul
connection between different RF stations (automatically routing
to the Tx I-gates within range of the addressed recipient). Even
the Internet-only clients would be receiving traffic over a
public communications network. <br>
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So then a receive-only I-gate is then definitely part of the chain
that routes third-party traffic to the APRS-IS and back out to RF.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Or does the UK law only apply if the other end of
the link is also in the UK?<br>
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No it would apply to any link. As explained by Chris, the issue here
is elsewhere, in our Communications Act, which regulates
interconnections between communications provides and ISPs. <br>
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73<br>
Nick G4IRX.<br>
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