Hacking Ham Radio for Texting

Re:Hacking Ham Radio for Texting by alibarber on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @02:01PM (#29257358)

I always thought that encryption not being allowed was a way to discourage illegal commercial use of it.

No business wants their comms in the clear with no means of verifying the sender of the message - so ham radio would be useless to them.

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Re:Hacking Ham Radio for Texting by fragmede on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @02:52PM (#29258059)

But even not-for-business, I don't want someone else to be able to impersonate others, so signatures/verification still needs to be supported. Otherwise someone who's good at voice impersonations of others could wreak havok.

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Re:Hacking Ham Radio for Texting by tjohns on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @02:59PM (#29258147)

There is no rule against using digital signatures for authentication. Your actual message just has to be in the clear.

The exact wording is in 97.113: "No amateur station shall transmit... messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning".

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