Linux-Hams archive - February 1997: Re: Standard for command

Re: Standard for command

Carl Makin (zvncfz@rele.tunk.net)
Mon, 3 Feb 1997 10:35:07 +1100 (EST)


On Fri, 31 Jan 1997 terhi.victor@logonet.com wrote:

> Carl Makin typed:

> > the air why not? In Australia, as long as I ID by "international code"
> > once every 10 minutes it is legal! (This is a recent change in the local
> > regs BTW)

> Unless they have finally changed the regs like they said they would a few
> years ago, I thought this 10 minute ID rule was for everything except packet
> radio, which must send a callsign in each and every packet.

Yep that reg has gone. Now it's "ID once every 10 minutes in an
international code" no matter what mode you use. So BBSs, Netrom and
TCP/IP are finally legal here.

Carl.

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