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Re: radio net
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 09:11:29 -0700
To: Robert Hettinga <[email protected]>
From: Somebody
Subject: Re: radio net
>
>I know what Single Sideband means. As I've said before, and what you failed
>to read later on in this thread, evidently, is that there are commercial
>Single Sideband radios out there which have the range of ham sets. These
>radios are used for commercial ship-to-shore traffic, and I expect that
>encryption is legal on them. I expect that, because these frequencies are
>subject to international convention rather than federal law, they have more
>leeway (heh... nautical pun) on their use. Including, I bet, digital
>packets and encryption.
>
>
If I remember correctly, this is escrowed encryption using code
books deposited with the appropriate authorities.
<Somebody's .sig>
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*That* sucks... I wonder who the "appropriate authorities" are?
Cheers,
Bob Hettinga
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Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [email protected]>
Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
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