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All these messages are of course completely public, and you can even get a full history of people using this service here: https://aprs.fi/?c=message&limit=50&
by georgyo 5y ago
All these messages are of course completely public, and you can even get a full history of people using this service here:
https://aprs.fi/?c=message&limit=50&call=SMSGTE https://aprs.fi/?c=message&limit=50&call=SMSGTE
Very cool stuff.
- chrisseaton 5y agoBecause it’s a legal requirement to not encrypt the message?
- InvaderFizz 5y agoLegal requirement to not encrypt any Amateur Radio transmissions, yes.
- georgyo 5y agoNot actually enforced, and in some cases Amateur Radio transmissions are actually required to be encrypted: https://www.amateurradio.com/encryption-is-already-legal-its-the-intention-thats-not/ https://www.amateurradio.com/encryption-is-already-legal-its...
- genewitch 5y agoIf you have enough money you can build a system that is technically encrypted. See Fusion, d-star, and the other one I can't remember. What the FCC doesn't want is message passing that is not decryptable by them. They could care less if me or you can't decrypt fusion with an sdr. An interesting grey area is pactor. And not just for encryption, but also "symbol rate". If anything is going to bring ham radio into this century kicking and screaming it is stuff like aprs and pactor; and I say that knowing how awesome JT and wspr are.
- op00to 5y agoNo. Neither fusion, dstar, nor DMR use encryption. They are all publicly published modes.