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From: smith@sndpit.enet.dec.com (Willie Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Re: WALDO teleoperated vehicle ?
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Date: 8 Feb 91 14:18:55 GMT
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In article <5420001@hpspkla.spk.hp.com>, burgess@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (David E. Burgess) writes...
> [...]
>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-)

Take it easy people!  Sunswick Engineering isn't real, isn't registered, 
and isn't there to make money.  It's just there to get industrial 
distributors and electronics companies to talk to me.  It's kind of fun to 
tell salesdroids I'm with Sunswick Engineering and have them nod sagely and 
act like they recognize the name. :+)

Which brings up another point about RF links and hams:  I believe ham radio 
in general needs to get away from ham radio as an end in itself and into 
ham radio as a means to an end.  The ranks are going to grow not by adding 
people for who talking on radios is the neatest thing since sliced bread, 
but thru people like myself building RF links for use with teleoperated 
vehicles, computer networks, and other things not yet imagined.  I've 
already had a couple people get interested in taking the new tech test who 
have no interest in rag chewing or DXing...  Oh well, only time will tell.  
I passed Novice and Tech written Wednesday and my wife passed Novice, next 
month she'll finish up her Technocode and I'll take some more written tests 
just for the fun of it.  C'mon people, give it a try, if you know anything 
about radios or electronics it's trivial, and if you have a brain it's 
pretty easy.  The Technician class allows you to play with fast-scan TV, 
high-speed, error-corrected, packet radio links, and other things that tie 
right into robotics.  You can't use ham bands for commercial purposes, but 
I'll bet that's not a problem for most people in this newsgroup.

Willie Smith
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