[arm-allstar] timed link disconnect from receiving node

[David McGough]

I know re-transmitting NOAA has been a previously debated grey area of the
part 97 rules.  I made some noise about this several years ago and found
the FCC interpretation at that point was that re-transmitting NOAA was not
allowed.

I recommend that anyone considering NOAA re-transmission should follow up
and get an expert opinion from council---such as from the ARRL general
council.....


73, David KB4FXC



On Thu, 16 May 2019, "Lawrence Roney via ARM-allstar" wrote:

> We have a club member who was looking to do the same thing with their
"weather" node.  The node's audio input comes from a receiver that's  
tuned to the regional NOAA weather broadcast loop.  As a safeguard, they 
asked me if there was a way to force disconnect an incoming call after 3 
minutes, which is enough time to hear the loop broadcast in its entirety, 
but then drop the link so it could not inadvertently tie up a repeater.
> 
> Thanks Doug,
> 
> Lawrence - N6YFN
> 
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