[OZAPRS] Foundation Calls reminder

[Ray Wells]

If one could consider that an aprs station that receives data from the 
internet and transmits that data onto RF is a repeater, the onus to 
comply with licence conditions is on the licencee originating the signal 
and not the repeater operator.

The following is from the LCD ....

8A Transmission on authorised frequency bands
(1) The licensee must not operate an amateur station to transmit a signal to
another amateur station, through an amateur repeater station, if the 
licensee
is not authorised under the licence to transmit on the repeater output 
of the
amateur repeater station.
(2) The licensee must not operate an amateur station to transmit a signal to
another amateur station, through an amateur repeater station linked to a
second amateur repeater station, if the licensee is not authorised under the
licence to use the repeater output of the second repeater station.
(3) The licensee must not operate an amateur station to transmit a 
signal to a
second amateur station through a third amateur station if the licensee 
is not
authorised under the licence to transmit on the third amateur station’s
transmit frequency.

Paragraph (3) is not about repeaters, per se. Could it be interpreted as 
also including any unauthorised operation, be it frequency, mode, etc? 
Should it be spelt out?

Perhaps the LCD still contains grey areas.

Ray vk2tv

David Hopkins wrote:

> Gentlemen,
> A similar problem arose in Brisbane several months ago.
>
> The foundation licence holders were NOT transmitting on the radio.
>
> They were using Ui-view and going to the Internet, thus showing up on 
> the local maps.
>
> I can't see anything against this in the licence rules.
>
> The problem arose when someone starting transmitting what was being 
> received via the Internet on the local 2 meter frequency. Thus giving 
> the impression that the foundation licence holders were going against 
> the licence rules. The foundation licence holders could hardly be 
> blamed for doing anything wrong.
>
> As I see it the problem is with the person re-transmitting the 
> Internet data.
>
> What are your thoughts on the matter?
>
> David
>
>
>
> At 03:41 PM 22/06/2008, you wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Geoff wrote:
>>
>> > Just another friendly reminder that Foundation license holders 
>> (VKxFxxx)
>> > are NOT permitted to use APRS under their license conditions.
>>
>> OK, I'm a programmer as opposed to an APRS user, but is there no 
>> firewall
>> facility i.e. something like "/^VK\dF[A-Z]{3}/i REJECT" (which is a Perl
>> regex that matches any F-call)?
>>
>> > I'm not sure about other states, but in VK2 there seems to be more
>> > F-calls popping up on APRS lately.
>>
>> When it comes to technology the local body was recto-cranially inverted
>> for ages, but they're slowly coming into the 21st century (giving the 
>> 20th
>> a miss along the way).
>>
>> > Does anyone know VK2FIRE ???? If you do please remind them of the 
>> terms
>> > of their license.
>>
>> Seems to be a Phillip from Westlakes. A quick search reveals:
>>
>> http://www.vkclassifieds.vkham.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.cgi?session_key=&search_and_display_db_button=on&db_id=55768&query=retrieval 
>>
>>
>> -- Dave
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