19-06-2018, 09:32 PM
Just read the WIA's "final Comments". I think overall a very well done submission, and I also feel the improvements asked for are not in excess at all.
1 point though.
Can a foundation licence holder use a SDR radio?
It appears to me that the answer is no!
2.1.1 Permitting use of digital modes(for foundation licence) and the last paragraph says and i quote below :-
"With increasing technology development, and the use of digitally-generated transmission modes, particularly with Software-defined Radio (SDR), the WIA believes that selecting permitted modes based on current and past practice is an unnecessary hindrance to future experimentation that also unnecessarily adds to the regulatory burden."
I was surprised when i read that paragraph. I know of a few F calls that have for example the IC-7300. Is using a digital radio a breech?
Anyway i hope WIA's Final Comments are taken on board by the powers that be at the ACMA, and that they make a final decision soon.
1 point though.
Can a foundation licence holder use a SDR radio?
It appears to me that the answer is no!
2.1.1 Permitting use of digital modes(for foundation licence) and the last paragraph says and i quote below :-
"With increasing technology development, and the use of digitally-generated transmission modes, particularly with Software-defined Radio (SDR), the WIA believes that selecting permitted modes based on current and past practice is an unnecessary hindrance to future experimentation that also unnecessarily adds to the regulatory burden."
I was surprised when i read that paragraph. I know of a few F calls that have for example the IC-7300. Is using a digital radio a breech?
Anyway i hope WIA's Final Comments are taken on board by the powers that be at the ACMA, and that they make a final decision soon.
Steve VK4SMJ