[Asterisk-Users] FRS / FRS/GMRS 2-way radios as SIP clients

[Rich Adamson]

> >Take a look at eqso.org
> 
> Aside from FRS, interesting thing about this, is that they are very careful
> to treat the VoIP part under the same rules as FCC HAM i.e. if I were in
> Canada and I was using, say, Asterisk or VoIP in general to hook into this
> thing with it's transmitter in the US, technically, I wouldn't be allowed to
> talk on that freq. because I wasn't licensed to use that freq in the US,
> even though the transmitter/owner is licensed correctly in the US!
> 
> Seems odd, because I believe the rules were established at least in part to
> avoid crosstalk issues etc. But it seems VoIP changes the rules a bit here.
> What if I was a licensed HAM and I was in Canada and using VoIP to talk to
> my transmitter in the US? Is that ok? I can think of all kinds of wierd
> scenarios. 
> 
> I know of the rule that prevents you from interfacing PSTN to HAM, but what
> about VoIP? Unregulated. As far as the FCC is concerned, my Asterisk box is
> the same as a Linksys hub.
> 
> To the hams on the list: How can something like this be policed? Is there a
> ruling, or precedent on this? My 10 second google didn't turn up anything
> close.

Pure guess... in the US, probably treated like rtty?