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Except when they don’t. The PACTOR debate continues to rage. Sailmail is super valuable for its users, but is breaking the rules in various ways. I’ve been a u
by mmaunder 6y ago
Except when they don’t. The PACTOR debate continues to rage.
Sailmail is super valuable for its users, but is breaking the rules in various ways. I’ve been a user and am also a ham.
https://www.rrmediagroup.com/News/NewsDetails/NewsID/17804 https://www.rrmediagroup.com/News/NewsDetails/NewsID/17804
- toomuchtodo 6y agoDepending on latitude and the sailor’s pocket, I could see Sailmail users being driven to StarLink if the FCC doesn’t allow Sailmail’s continues operation in its current form.
- gh02t 6y agoWe're talking about encryption, though. Isn't the core of the PACTOR debate related to it being proprietary, not that it's encrypted? Transmitting in a format that is not readily decoded is also problematic legally, but to me there's a major difference between using a proprietary format and using actual cryptography to encipher a message. The latter is uncommon in amateur use in my experience, but I'm only an occasional ham so maybe I'm just not aware.