Amateur Radio Groups Defend Winlink Email, in Meetings at FCC
Amateur Radio Safety Foundation Inc. President Loring Kutchins and others from ARSI held FCC meetings on Winlink Global Radio Email's significance (see 1904010034). The group cited “the importance of radio e-mail in the high frequency bands for emergency communications, and…
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Winlink’s key role,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 16-239: “We provided a detailed description of the substantial efforts that ARSFI expends on ensuring its Winlink station operators comply with the regulations of Part 97. We disputed the allegations of lack of transparency and possible interference.” The Wireless Bureau sought comment last week (see 1911010066) on a New York University petition for a declaratory ruling that rules prohibit transmission on amateur radio frequencies of “effectively encrypted or encoded messages.”