Hi Tom,

Great web page.

I wrote this article on the topic:
https://hamwan.org/Administrative/Internet%20and%20Part%2097.html


How do I determine if a program like iOS Face Time uses cryptography to obscure the video or audio.

In other words is it allowed or not allowed to use Face Time to talk to another amateur radio operator over HanWAN?

I assume it is not permitted to use Face Time to talk to a non ham even if I initiate the Face Time contact.


Note in WinLink it is ok to send and receive email a non ham because the radio session is controlled by the ham and not by the sender or software.

This would indicate most email and text messing is not allowed because the software is in control of sending you messages and you are not controlling the reception of email or text messages.

Climbing up the HamWAN learning curve.

73 David Haworth
http://www.stargazing.net/david/sdr/HamWAN.html#P4b

PS: WinLink has worked great on my portable QRT 5 rig.


On Sep 5, 2018, at 10:22 AM, Tom Hayward <tom@tomh.us> wrote:

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 9:48 AM Carl <carl@n7kuw.com> wrote:

Hello Kent,

 

Please keep in mind, it is strictly prohibited (by Federal regulation) to do any kind of business/commerce over amateur radio (which includes HamWAN), and further, no encryption of any kind is permitted over amateur radio.  For these reasons, you cannot utilize HamWAN for commercial purposes, even in a disaster/emergency scenario.

 
Specifically, what the regulation prohibits is any kind of pecuniary interest. This means that if you collect a salary, equity, or any other type of compensation from Bitnation, you would not be allowed to test it over ham radio. The rest of us would be free to run the software on HamWAN, provided no other regulations such as obscuring the content of messages are violated.

I wrote this article on the topic:

Tom KD7LXL
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