Hi Colin.

I think you are right about the encryption.  But I wouldn't see encryption 
as the major reason to go digital, but rather the superior clarity (at 
least if it is done right).

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 08:13 AM 8/4/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>what about the D star radios from Icom? don't they do some sort of digital
>voice?
>I know they do digital data, but i thought they also did some sort of
>digital voice incription as well.
>
>only problem with doing digital voice on the amateur bands is that it has to
>be a completely open source incription type that anyone could easily decode
>since if it weren't,it could be considered secret encoded messages, which,
>as far as i know, are illegal in the US as well without permission from the
>FCC?
>
>The canadian regulations, paraphrasing of course, make it illegal to use any
>kind of secret code to pass messages without express permission from the
>government.  Digital voice incription could potentially fall under that
>category.
>If someone was using say provoice or even apco 25 on a local simplex
>frequency, it would be nearly impossible for me, or anyone else to know what
>they were saying since we wouldn't have the necessary codec to decode their
>transmission.  The transmission would there for be in a "secret" code and
>against regulations.
>Now,if a person offered the software or instructions on how to build a
>decoder on a website, or in a popular monthly magazine, the idea of
>secretive incoding would be no longer secretive since many people would have
>the means of decoding it.
>just my view point anyway,i could be off the mark on this one, but i have
>pondered it for some time since our 52 group has tossed around the idea of
>digitalizing our transmissions.
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 2:40 AM
>Subject: Re: Digital Voice
>
>
> > Hi, there is an external card for APCO-25 modulation for the Uniden BC259D
> > scanner, but nothing I know of for the ham bands.  There have been a few
> > experiments though with APCO-25 useage on the ham bands though.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Frederick wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >     I have been wondering for sometime if there are any digital voice
> > > converters that a person could plug in to there older analog rigs. I
>think
> > > that transmitting and receiving in digital voice on the ham bands would
>be
> > > the coolest thing.
> > >                     God bless,
> > >                     Mark WZ0K
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> > >
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> >

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