General and extra give you access to additional frequency ranges, more so than additional modes. You can certainly do CW as a tech, and various forms of packet/data. Even Amatuer over 2.4ghz at a much higher PEP wattage than normal wifi is licensed for. (1500 watts :))<br>
<br>More info on that (High-speed multimedia radio): <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinternet">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinternet</a><br><br>Indeed, encryption, or using code in communication over amateur radio is currently prohibited. I've heard that there's something in the works to get this changed, with the development of digital communications, but I'm not sure what the status of that is.<br>
<br>-Ian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 23:07, Glenn Stone <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:technoshaman@liawol.org">technoshaman@liawol.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 07:59:05PM -0800, Michael_Faraday wrote:<br>
> Currently, I have only a technician+-class license. What I've heard on<br>
> HF doesn't give me the slightest motivation to get a general-class<br>
> license. Packet under Linux could be a different story.<br>
<br>
I thought you only needed a General if you were going to do CW, that<br>
everything else was legal under the Tech class?<br>
<br>
I've always liked the idea of packet radio; the one issue I have with it at<br>
the moment is that encryption is _nekulturny_ by amateurs.... they don't<br>
give a rat if I pringles-can my (obLinux) WRT54GL and encrypt the crap out<br>
of it, but if I'm going to take the trouble to actually learn why and how<br>
the darn thing works and get the license for it, I have to send everything<br>
in the clear.<br>
<br>
Phooey.<br>
<br>
(And I watered this down twice before hitting send... :}<br>
<br>
-- Glenn<br>
<br>
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