Linux-Hams archive - August 1999: Re: CEPT callsigns
Re: CEPT callsigns
Tim Salo (pszjs@matrixx.org)
Tue, 3 Aug 1999 08:52:59 -0500 (CDT)
> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:17:29 +0100 (GMT)
> From: Riley Williams <qux.yupwinasg@cuttingedge.net>
> Subject: Re: CEPT callsigns
> [...]
> Put bluntly, anybody following Walter's suggestion had better ensure
> that the 'shortened form' they use has NEVER been allocated to ANY
> other station, as otherwise they commit fraud every time they transmit
> a frame.
At the risk of [also] practicing law without a license, I believe that
fraud requires some intent to deceive. I am not sure this could be
demonstrated in this case, particularly if the station was also
beaconing its full call sign via some other method.
On the other hand, I think I lost track of what your point was...
-tjs