[amsat-bb] SDR legislation

[Michelle Thompson]

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-Michelle W5NYV




On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 12:27 PM Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Trevor,
>
> Thanks for the valuable input.
>
> Here also there is no specific legislation about SDR, but the legislation
> includes a restriction about importing any equipment capable of
> intercepting any radio communication. The possession of same is not really
> forbidden legally and also there has been no case of prosecution against
> anyone in spite hundreds around. But in order to import legally same for
> promoting the hobby (for schools/Universities) and to encourage the
> legislators to change the law we need some arguments and this is the whole
> purpose of my mail, also to show the the best practices worldwide.
>
> Thus feedback form one and all about their own legislation worldwide will
> be surely helpful.
>
> 73
>
>
> Jean Marc (3B8DU)
>
> > On Jul 9, 2019, at 11:04 PM, M5AKA via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Jean, I'm not aware of any country that has legislation specifically
> concering SDR's, certainly the UK doesn't.
> > However, I can see one potential pitfall. The UK permits any form of
> modulation (and any bandwidth) to be used, however, in some countries they
> mandate specific ITU Emission Designators in the licence.
> >
> > While on-air there is no difference between the same mode produced by
> different means the Emission Designators can be different. An old example
> of this used to be F1B and J2B for RTTY depending on whether direct
> frequency shift or audio tones to an SSB transmitter were used.
> >
> > The use of SDR's could theoretically result in Emission Designators that
> may not appear in the licenses of some countries
> >
> > 73 Trevor M5AKA
> >
> >    On Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 19:07:04 BST, Adrian Engele via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> >  Hello Jean,
> > Have you looked at Wikipedia?
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio
> > There may be some material that you can reference.
> >
> > 73, Adrian AA5UK
> >
> >     On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 12:36:13 PM CDT, Jean Marc Momple via
> AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I would be grateful if you could send me your regulator position about
> SDR's or legal framework in your country about same. Having some
> discussions with the 3B8 regulator (right now) about same this may help
> clearing some issues.
> >
> > Thanking you beforehand.
> >
> >
> > Jean Marc (3B8DU)
> >
> >
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