France Says D-Star Ham Radio Mode Is Illegal 282
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."
Re:every modulation method can be 'net-connected (Score:5, Funny)
The French are afraid their net-connected hams will offend Pakistan.
simple solution (Score:5, Funny)
Re:simple solution (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, to my knowledge they have never made it to a Super Bowl.
Re:every modulation method can be 'net-connected (Score:4, Funny)
Sacré bleu ! (Score:4, Funny)
Honey get out the Gordon Ramsay recipes for pigeons shot out of the sky for internet connection violations.
Acronyms (Score:5, Funny)
...the French Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes...
They had to add in the regular mail, you see, else the acronym could have been "FARCE"...
Re:Wait, What? (Score:5, Funny)
Clearly he doesn't understand the way we do things here. If you don't understand the issue, pretend that you do. If you do understand the issue, read the other comments, hold your head in your hands and rock back and forth hoping that the pain will stop.
Re:Acronyms (Score:3, Funny)
I know you're aiming for funny, but they don't put the word French at the start, so it would be ARCE - which (for us Brits at least) is still potentially mildly amusing.
Re:every modulation method can be 'net-connected (Score:5, Funny)
Where do you draw the line?
Along the eastern border with Germany, but not extending all of the way to Belgium.
Re:every modulation method can be 'net-connected (Score:2, Funny)
The French are afraid their net-connected hams will offend Pakistan.
And rightly so--hams are not allowed under Islam's Halal dietary laws.
Re:every modulation method can be 'net-connected (Score:5, Funny)
The better question is where does Germany want to draw its eastern border?
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