[HamWAN PSDR] New to HAMWAN (NE Portland)

[John D. Hays]

Nigel,

The license for the address space says that it must be used within Amateur
Radio -- not necessarily on the air, but within the context of Amateur
Radio, which I take to include infrastructure.  I simply reference
https://www.ampr.org/terms-of-service/

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 3:21 PM Nigel Vander Houwen <nigel at nigelvh.com>
wrote:

> John,
>
> With regards to the address space, it’s still an amateur network, so we
> wouldn’t need new space, there’s no requirement to only use it on part 97
> frequencies. It’s just reserved for ham use.
>
> You are correct that we gain some spectrum and some transmitter power
> flexibility.
>
> Nigel
>
> On Sep 5, 2018, at 14:56, John D. Hays <john at hays.org> wrote:
>
> When Bart first proposed the HamWAN concept to various amateur radio
> forums, he observed that radio repeater sites would be beneficial to
> building the network.  It was pointed out that many of those sites provide
> space on a discounted or gratis basis for amateur radio purposes only
> (often in support of public service/emergency communications), and the
> repeater operators would likely loose their sites or start having to pay
> commercial rates.  Also, using 44.x.x.x routable addresses come with an
> amateur radio requirement.  In addition, running part 97 has greater
> transmitter power flexibility.
>
> So, the network could be rebuilt using non Part 97 compliance, but new
> address space would be required (or a giant NAT infrastructure for IPv4) as
> well as re-negotiating site rentals.
>
> So, unless those steps are undertaken, the network is under Part 97 rules
> for segments running in the US and its territories.
>
> However, if Kent wanted to use the published HamWAN engineering work to
> build a similar WISP system, with associated costs, that is a possibility.
>
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> John D. Hays
> Edmonds, WA
> K7VE
>
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John D. Hays
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K7VE

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