If you are in the house it is attended operation.
Personal beacons are intended for reception by radio amateurs and are not
classed as broadcast type signals. Look at your BR68.
The way I overcame the 15 minute rule on the first SLOWCW tests was to
incorporate a fast CW ident into every dot period. Then a dot would consist of
20WPM plus carrier, a dash, this process repeated 3 times. The result appears
as a 30 - 40% power reduction for the few seconds that the fast ident is being
sent.
The SLOWCW software I wrote, still used by a few on these bands does do this.
- "Rules are for the guidance of wise men and for blind observance by
fools" -
By the way, if anyone knows the source of this quote then please let me know!
It is probably not Shakespeare, but everyone I have enquired from, including
several English teachers, have all "heard it" but cannot place the source.
Andy G4JNT (still lurking on this reflector but lost interest in operating LF)
-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh M0WYE [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: 2003/03/13 08:49
To: [email protected]
Subject: LF: The leT/A of the law
Hi All,
It seems to me that this transatlantic stuff is stretching the rules
somewhat.
a) It is difficult to send your callsign every 15 minutes when it takes that
longer than that to send your callsign !
b) With people setting their transmitter to come on with timers in the early
hours while they are asleep, you can hardly call it "attended" operation.
c) There beacon type transmissions are more in the nature of a broadcast,
than establishing contact, individually, with other licenced amateurs.
I'm not saying anybody's doing anything "wrong" because it has all been very
much within the spirit of amateur radio - I'm just wondering if the rules
need to be looked at, and modified to allow the use of very low-speed
communications.
73
Hugh M0WYE
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