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G6KUI > CB 06.03.01 07:35l 52 Lines 1776 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 91903_G6KUI
Read: GUEST
Subj: Re: CB traffic on amateur bands
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John G4VWL wrote amongst other things......
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} Message from: G4VWL@GB7OAR.#16.GBR.EU
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} Quoting from a previous message...
} >
} > From: VK2AAB@VK2AAB.SYD.NSW.AUS.OC
} > To : CB@WW
} >
} >
} > To sum up, if the bulletin is placed onto the amateur network by a
} > licenced station then it is as legal as any other bulletin with outside
} > information.
}
} That's very true. The problem's arise when the bulletins aren't "placed" on
} the amateur network by a licenced station, rather they're simply being
} gatewayed onto the network with virtually no "human" intervention.
}
} The fact that the bulletin *may* (or may not) have an amateur callsign as a
} wrapper is irrelavent. It's illegal for an amateur to gateway (or relay) a
} message from a non-amateur station whatever the mode - be it voice or packet
} - except under very clearly defined circumstances, such as the US phone-
} patch.
}
I personally don't like the amateur radio networks connected to *ANY* other
networks, and that includes the telephone network or internet.
BUT, and it's a BIG BUT, it is legal for many stations to connect the amateur
packet network to other networks ( and that probably includes CB ).
In this country anyone who has applied for Site Clearance for a GB7** NODE
is given such authority.
I quote from the authorisation that I have recently received :-
"When operating under this authority, for the purposes of operations
under the Wireless Telegraphy Acts, the Licensee shall be permitted to
connect the station to non-amateur networks."
unquote.
I most certainly will NOT be connecting the GB7 node at my address to any
'non-amateur networks' but if I wished to, then it would be perfectly
legal for me to do so.
73, Pete G6KUI
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