VK2AAB > CB 24.01.01 04:38l 50 Lines 1885 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: CB Junk on Packet
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From: VK2AAB@VK2AAB.SYD.NSW.AUS.OC
To : CB@WW
There seems to be some confusion about this matter.
First divide the subject into P messages & Bulletins.
P messages:
Whether a P message from a CBer is legal or not depends on the
regulations in your country to third party traffic.
If your country does not permit third party traffic all P type CB messages are
illegal.
In Australia third party traffic is legal for a small number of countries.
If the message comes from one of these it is legal.
If it does not come from one of these it is illegal.
If it comes from the internet it is legal if the country is one of the third
party agreement countries.
Many messages to yachts coming via the internet are illegal and are in the
same category as messages from CBers.
Messages from an amateur in ANY country are legal.
B Bulletins:
Bulletins from CBers are in exactly the same category as bulletins
from NASA to SPACE. They are traffic on matters that are newsworthy and it
matters not where the text originated. How many times have you seen text in
bulletins that have no relevence to amateur radio. So long as the bulletins do
not get onto the amateur network by a CB station transmitting on amateur
frequencies they are legal. If an amateur operates two BBSs one on an amateur
band and the other on CB there is no reason why he cannot copy the text
accross from one to the other and retransmit the bulletin on amateur
frequencies. The fact that CB headers are in there is irellevent.
It is probably legal for him to operate one port on CB and the other on AR.
Just so long as the gateway is not enabled.
Now bear this in mind; If CB bulletins are not legal then many bulletins also
containing text not written by amateurs are also illegal.
JUST THINK ABOUT IT !
Barry VK2AAB @ VK2AAB
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