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In Ham radio, you can't use any sort of secret message like that. Everything needs to be plaintext.
by Sanddancer 10y ago
In Ham radio, you can't use any sort of secret message like that. Everything needs to be plaintext.
- ryan-c 10y agoI don't think that's correct. Cryptographic authentication of messages should be allowed (ARRL agrees with me[0]), the language specifies you cannot "obscure the meaning" of the communication. 0. https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7520928844.pdf https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7520928844.pdf
- nickodell 10y agoThat's correct. There's one exception to the encryption rule, which is when sending commands to a space station. (That does not allow you to encrypt the responses, though.) See 47 CFR 97.211, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/97.211 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/97.211