Ron Baker, Pluralitas! wrote:
"Telamon" wrote in message
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In article . net,
(Jim Haynes) wrote:

Except for the amateur radio bands, there is very very little stuff
that sounds like teletype that is decodable these days. Most of
what you hear is synchronous and probably encrypted.

I'm not a ham and don't know the rules but it might be illegal for
them to use encryption. If this is not true I'm sure someone will
correct my speculation.

You are correct.
Hams are prohibited from sending coded communications.

How do you explain CW?

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

You are not even supposed to speak in code. Yet somehow, speaking in a
foreign language on repeaters is considered acceptable, though not by
me.

Ron Baker, Pluralitas! wrote:
"Telamon" wrote in message
...
In article . net,
(Jim Haynes) wrote:

Except for the amateur radio bands, there is very very little stuff
that sounds like teletype that is decodable these days. Most of what
you hear is synchronous and probably encrypted.

I'm not a ham and don't know the rules but it might be illegal for them
to use encryption. If this is not true I'm sure someone will correct my
speculation.

You are correct.
Hams are prohibited from sending coded communications.

--
rb

"Josh" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Sometimes when I'm runing in stations with my grundig-fr200 radio I hear
something that sounds like teletype or really fast morse code. what is
this?

What frequencies?

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rb