Talk:Amateur television

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About digital amateur television in the USA -- where exactly in Part 97 does it specifically state that digital image modes are prohibited? As far as I've found it's LEGAL. Until a citation is given, I dispute this sentence.

Kc8ryw 07:13, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

About broadcasting non-commercial programming -- where exactly in Part 97 is this allowed for? As far as I've found, it is ILLEGAL. Until a citation is given, I dispute this sentence.

Kc8ryw 07:25, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

You're right, this article is in need of clean up. I put the clean-up tag on. Those fact need to be cleared up, and also the article itself needs some general work all around. Anonym1ty 19:44, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I agree with such being a dubious comment, I have not heard anything myself, Part 97 or elsewhere, prohibiting the use of digital modes with amateur television. Amateur radio has always been a testing ground for newly-devised modes of communication on the airwaves (a la PSK31 and such), so it seems preposterous to say that digital video, whether ATSC or DVB-T, is forbidden in amateur tv. Heck, there's already hams experimenting with digital voice on HF! As far as non-commercial programming is concerned, I imagine as long as it's a program that's somewhat related to amateur radio and, most importantly, does not contain music of any kind (broadcasting of music on amateur radio bands is forbidden by the FCC) or convey any commercial message or call to action, it should be ok. Case in point--NASA TV. Thousands of ATV hams re-broadcast space shuttle/ISS coverage from them over their ATV stations/repeaters, and NASA TV is non-commercial, considering NASA is a US Gov't agency.

misternuvistor 04:22, 7 February 2007 (UTC)