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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
Newsgroups: net.news.stargate
Subject: Re: Stargate Deployment: possibilities
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Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 01:37:26 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 22 01:37:26 1985
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I'm sure John Bass will be happy to know that I've discussed Stargate
and similar concepts with various amateur radio experts in both
the packet radio and voice areas, and oddly enough the ones I've
talked to seem to feel that Stargate has so much potential exactly
because it doesn't fall under the same content and monitoring
restrictions as the amateur service.  The fact that many hams tend
to ignore some of these regulations doesn't make the regulations
disappear--at regular intervals you hear of repeater operators being
shut down by the FCC for various rule violations.  The situation would
be much worse if it appeared obvious that various companies were
soliciting and distributing technical information/data via such
channels on a large scale.  

And other than the ham frequencies, which are under the amateur radio
rules, there just aren't very many other choices available.  Spectrum
space is very tight and competition for that space is very high, 
especially in the local distribution arena from the microwave
companies.

Anyway, I just wanted to set John's mind at ease.  I've had an
amateur radio license for many years, and I have a variety of 
the community's "leaders" already fully "in the loop" regarding
this project.  They are among Stargate's strongest supporters.

--Lauren--