Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpspkla!burgess From: burgess@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (David E. Burgess) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Re: WALDO teleoperated vehicle ? Message-ID: <5420001@hpspkla.spk.hp.com> Date: 7 Feb 91 21:32:05 GMT References: <848@engcon.marshall.ltv.com> Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa. Lines: 40 >/ hpspkla:comp.robotics / connolly@livy.cs.umass.edu (Christopher Connolly) / 2:27 pm Feb 5, 1991 / >In article <772@sousa.enet.dec.com> smith@sndpit.enet.dec.com (Willie Smith) writes: >> >>In article <7481@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, ins_atge@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Thomas G Edwards) writes... >>>In article <771@sousa.enet.dec.com> smith@sndpit.enet.dec.com (Willie Smith) writes: >>>About the Waldo teleop robot... >>>>stay tuned for results. >... >>>(just remember Ham bands are for purposes which do not include making >>> money) >> >>Is it OK to use them for purposes which include losing money? As I'm sure >>you noticed when you read the document I posted, Sunswick Engineering isn't >>a company as such, it's just me with my OEM hat on, which allows me to call >>large companies and communicate with them, instead of being brushed off as >>just an end-user or a (yuck) consumer. :+) I realize it's probably an >>unusual use of the ham bands, but I consider the radio gear a means to an >>end, not an end in itself. (Is that heresy? :+) > >It's not really unusual. Remote control hobbyists do have amateur >licenses and use portions of the spectrum for that purpose. As long >as your use is personal (i.e., of a home-hobbyist nature), then there >should be no problem, as long as you observe power and frequency >limits. If "Sunswick Engineering" is just a ruse, as you suggest, >then this shouldn't be a problem. As long as "Sunswick Engineering" is not a registered company and is not selling Waldo I agree with Christopher. If, however, this work is part of an R&D effort for a registered company then it is technically illegal. By registered company, I am refering to a company that exists as a tax entitiy and which is registered with a public agency. The FCC rules spell it out. (you do need to learn them to get your liscence 8-) > >-CC (wa2ifi) >---------- David Burgess - N7IQQ #include