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From: mo@seismo.CSS.GOV (Mike O'Dell)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio,net.ham-radio.packet
Subject: FCC awards pink ticket for BBS
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Date: Sun, 9-Feb-86 14:32:20 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  9 14:32:20 1986
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I have just been informed that all the packet BBS's are now off the air.
A ham in Florida was just awarded a pink ticket for operating a packet
BBS.  I don't have many (any!) details, but the cause cited appears
to be the bit about "no 3rd party traffic while under automatic control."
(See the latest ARRL newletter for details.... )

While I am not a fan of interconnecting BBS's (we know how well Usenet
works - I hope ham packet is more useful!), this materially restricts
why anyone would want to use packet in the first place - computer to
computer communications (yes, a TNC is a computer...).

Rumor has it that the august ARRL considers packet to vitally important
to the survival of ham radio.  I suggest they mount an effort at least
as vocal as the last "no code" fiasco if they don't want to see it go
down in flames.  The next thing you know, they'll be applying the ruling
to digipeaters.


	"I learned the code, so now what can I connect to??"

	-Mike O'Dell
	KB4RGM