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Comment Re:French Fag POV (Score 1) 282

by Smallhardware on Friday July 02, 2010 @04:22AM (#32770034) Attached to: France Says D-Star Ham Radio Mode Is Illegal

THIS IS NOT TRUE.

1 - All European countries allow Digital Voice modes and Internet connectivity for hamradio. France is the last country to still prohibit them. For European, this is unequal and should be the same for all.

2 - The main issue is that ARCEP is allowing such kind of digital modes and Internet access IF YOU PAY for professional frequency. This is unfair as all radiocommunications services should be treated in a equal manner.

3 - Patented coding as been allowed by ARCEP when they allow Digital TV on hamradio bands. In fact, you should use MPEG2 coding protected by 870 patents. And as I know all hamradio that you can buy on the market have firmware and DSP with propritary rights and patent ... and you use it, as you use you PC with patented CPU (INTEL) and Windows ... As you may not know, all emitter-receiver use "super-heterodyne" concept that is patented to RCA. So this rules inapplicable, because you should stop all hamradio activity. And, you must know that there is no law in France, that prohibit using patented software or hardware. This is individual liberty to buy what you want, when you want.

4 - AMBE isn't cryptographic. It's coded ! AMBE has been validated by ITU - ETSI (equivalent of TIA in US). And as French law only accept coding that is recognized by ITU, you CAN'T USE OPEN CODEC FROM HAMRADIO. Interesting, isn't it?

5 - ARCEP is using European Directive (99/5/CE) about terminal conformity (CE mark in back of stuff you buy in Europe), as National Security Concern. This is illegal and against European laws.

6 - ARCEP noticed DR@F society for prohibited use of F7W designator and D-STAR protocol for all hamradio. This is illegal, because this decision should be signed by Prime Minister and published on Republic Official News Paper (JO).

At this stage, we are not allowed anymore to experiment and this is a big issue, because against fundamental definition of ITU Amateur Services (see art 1.56 RR).
We're fighting not only for D-STAR, but for all experimental activity and new way to develop technologies.

IF WE CAN'T EXPERIMENT, HOW WILL WE PRODUCE AN OPEN SOURCE CODEC AS AMBE?

http://draf.asso.fr/index.php?post/2010/06/28/D-STAR-situation-in-France

http://draf.asso.fr/index.php?pages/Digital-Voice-Internet-Access-in-France-Petition

Pierre

France Says D-Star Ham Radio Mode Is Illegal 282

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @03:15PM from the centralized-decision-making dept.

gyrogeerloose writes "Citing 'national security concerns,' the French Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP, France's equivalent of the US's FCC) has ruled that D-Star, an amateur radio digital signal mode used world-wide, is illegal because it could allow operators to connect to the Internet.The ARCEP also cites alleged concerns regarding cryptography and national security as well as the use of a proprietary codec. While it's true that the D-Star codec is proprietary, its owner has openly licensed it (for a fee, of course) to any manufacturer who wants to build it into their equipment. Any licensed amateur radio operator who lives within the EU can sign an online petition protesting this decision."

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