[GreenKeys] Bell Key

[Bob Camp]

Hi

The whole illegal / legal thing got *very* blown out of proportion back 
in the good old days. People got very paranoid about what they could 
and could not use on the ham bands.

When things like PSK31 started to show up the FCC actually clarified 
the rules as they apply to "codes" on the ham bands. Based on that 
clarification things are not as bad as a lot of people thought. You can 
use any commonly accepted, published data format as long as the 
intention is not to obscure the content of the transmission.

Bottom line, if you can find it in a book as a standard 5 level code 
you can use it on the ham bands. I suspect that changing the code you 
use every five characters might fall under the "obscuring the content" 
rule though.

	Take Care!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ

On Oct 11, 2004, at 11:45 AM, tony j. podrasky wrote:

> Hey Folks;
>
> In the '60's all the machines I ever ran into on the air
> were S-BELL ones. Quotes were on the Z, not a PLUS SIGN, etc.
>
>
> In the manual for my fancy/schmancy DSP it says that that
> sequence is ILLEGAL on the amateur bands, and that the
> code being used should be the CONTINENTAL (0?).
>
> Anyway, that's all I know.
>
> Get out the radiation suits - it's gonna get hot in here!
>
> 73,
> tony - W6ESE
> NNNZCZC
>
>> I thought that the  ham RTTY standard for "Bell" was figs S
>> but now I'm starting to doubt this.  Maybe it should be figs J?
>
> --
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