NYU Cautions FCC on Allowing Use of Winlink Data Transmissions
New York University told the FCC it shouldn’t allow use of Winlink Global Radio Email by amateur radio operators unless the emails are decodable over the air. The filing in docket 16-239 was the latest in a continuing dispute (see…
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1904010034). “By relying on advanced communications modes that effectively encrypt communications traveling through its network, the Winlink system violates Section 97.113(a)(4)” of FCC rules “thus facilitating the violation of other important amateur service rules. Amateur operators and members of the general public are unable to decode Winlink messages over-the-air for true meaning and, in many cases, are unable to determine where the rule violations are occurring.”