MA> I hope no one on the list helps you considering that you
MA> admit to being NON hams and ask for assistance to use HAM
MA> bands to do what we have had to get a licence to do!!!
MA> My suggestion is to get a HAM licence and join the rest of
MA> us in this interesting and diverse hoppy!!!!!
MA> Yes we use TCP/IP connectitivity through worm holes (IP
MA> gateways) and YES I have been able to use true INTERNET via
MA> these worm holes over a radio path but please note above,
MA> that I am a LICENCED HAM radio operator and value the
MA> "cleanliness" of the bands I use and would never promote its
MA> usage to un-licenced operators in ANY form!!!!!!!
MA> Best of luck and consider the above thoughts.
I think your response was unwarranted. First, the original post was simply
telling the truth, saying that he was not a licensed radio amateur. However, I
think there was a clear implication that he might choose to become a licensed
radio amateur if he felt that he could work with data communications.
Second, the original post was from Romania. Neither you nor I have any idea
what is legal in his country. In the U.S., for example, it is illegal to use
CB to pass data, but that is legal in most other countries. In the U.S., there
are bands set aside for fairly unrestricted commercial data use, such as the
900 MHz allocation for unlicensed spread-spectrum.
Obviously, I don't condone any kind of illegal operation, but what is legal is
going to vary a great deal depending upon the particular national regulatory
characteristics. Especially in the former Eastern Bloc nations, many of these
rules are still in flux.
-- Mike, N1BEE