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Re:Be Vewy Vewy Quiet, We’re Hunting Baofengs by driverdan on Monday March 04, 2019 @10:36AM (#19302022)
What are the legalities of a fully automated setup like this? I thought automated transmitting was illegal on ham bands.
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Re:Be Vewy Vewy Quiet, We’re Hunting Baofengs by sciurus on Monday March 04, 2019 @11:34AM (#19302496)
Beacons are explicitly allowed. You can find the regulations covering them at https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/97.203

Relatedly, automatic control is defined at https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/97.3 and covers other devices as well like repeaters.

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Re:Be Vewy Vewy Quiet, We’re Hunting Baofengs by etbusch on Monday March 04, 2019 @11:26AM (#19302424)
Automatic operations and beacons are allowed as long as the control operator (the ham in charge) sets them to ID properly. Permanent beacons also have a transmission power limit (20W EIRP I believe).
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