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<p><font face="Times New Roman">Point well taken. We are not a
group of enforcers; but we are a group of educators. We should
neither encourage nor discourage behavior. But we should take
the opportunity to educate. Every radio operator, regardless of
jurisdiction, should know the rules and make a conscious choice
as to whether or not to obey them, understanding that actions
have consequences. Chris, N1CAK</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/24/2019 10:19 AM, Dan Clemmensen
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<div>Colleagues: Our community is interested in three different
things, and I feel we need to do a better job of separating
them, because different folks have different situations.</div>
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<div>Rules: we are not all US Hams. Some are not US and some are
not Hams. the rules and regulations differ by jurisdiction and
depend on both the hardware you are using and the licences you
hold. It may (or may not) be useful to comment on the rules,
but when you do, please make sure you mention which
jurisdiction, licence, and hardware.</div>
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<div>Radio capabilities: Each radio has its own hardware
capabilities. Some of these capabilities interact with the
rules in some jurisdictions, and sometimes rules change. There
is no reason we cannot discuss hardware capabilities
independently of the rules, since those capabilities are still
usable in some jurisdictions and/or to some users under some
circumstances.</div>
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<div>CHIRP capabilities: Hey, this is the CHIRP user group! We
can and should discuss any CHIRP capabilities that may be
usable by some CHIRP users in some situations. It is the
responsibility of each user to understand the governing rules.
It is not the responsibility of the CHIRP software or the
CHIRP user community to attempt to enforce these rules,
especially since the rules you are trying to enforce may not
be applicable to the users you are addressing. A brief
sentence to note that a particular capability may violate a
rule in a particular situation may be acceptable if it becomes
obvious that the user might need the reminder.</div>
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<div>(Thanks for your attention. I will get down off of my
soapbox now.)<br>
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