GoTenna – Send and receive messages even when you don’t have service

Re:GoTenna – Send and receive messages even when you don’t h... by meatmanek on Saturday July 19, 2014 @02:57AM (#8056896)

I wonder whether the FCC is going to consider Bluetooth <-> MURS interconnection to be in violation of this rule.

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Re:GoTenna – Send and receive messages even when you don’t h... by konstruktor on Saturday July 19, 2014 @06:34AM (#8057138)

You're right, that seems to be a very real regulatory risk for this product. Basically, this product is a cross band repeater between the ISM band and the MURS band. Just because the encoding is different doesn't not make it a repeater.

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Re:GoTenna – Send and receive messages even when you don’t h... by TD-Linux on Saturday July 19, 2014 @02:12PM (#8058227)

Bluetooth is a short range encrypted point to point link. It would be considered part of the station. Repeaters, in radio jargon, generally accept input from many sources, often without access control.

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