ARLA/CLUSTER: Fw: ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of Petition to Permit
Encryption of Some Emergency Communications
Paulo Santos
ct4dk.santos gmail.com
Quinta-Feira, 11 de Julho de 2013 - 12:07:20 WEST
Bom dia colega Vilela,
Não há luta nenhuma entre os Radioamadores nos USA e não pretendem tomar
de assalto o radioamadorismo essa afirmação deve ser a realidade
Portuguesa porque lá
por terras dos USA eles levam o serviço publico e a ajuda muito a serio
e os radioamadores que colaboram em incidentes sabem muito bem o seu
lugar e cumprem a sua
função de informar, não é como cá que já vi certa gente a propor mundos
e fundos às entidades de protecção civil só para terem um lugar de
destaque enfim andam a "lamber botas"
são os "generais de penacho" vivem à conta do protagonismo.
Neste assunto da ARRL a minha posição é 50/50 pois concordo com ambas as
partes, entendo de que as comunicações de radioamadorismo devam ser
sempre sem encriptações
pois por vezes uma má interpretação pode ter consequências graves,
também concordo com a encriptação mas só em certos assuntos mais
sensíveis de ferir susceptibilidades
pois como por norma as comunicações de amador são em "claro" e há sempre
possibilidade de escuta por scanners, imagine uma operação conjunta
entre amadores e protecção civil
numa catástrofe em que passavam o relatório de "baixas" ou outra
situação mais sensível via radioamador, alguém mal intencionado poderia
aproveitar essa informação para fazer
circular o caos por entre a população, como conhecimento pessoal das
duas áreas (amador e Protecção Civil) dai eu entender a posição dos
nossos colegas Americanos.
73 de Paulo Santos, CT4DK
Em 11/07/2013 10:41, AV escreveu:
> Por cá a discussão é muito limitada mas lá nos EUA a luta entre os
> radioamadores genuinos e aqueles que pretendem tomar de assalto o
> radioamadorismo para fins de terceira ordem como a protecção pública,
> é muito acesa.
> Este é só mais um triste episódio, muito bem contrariado pela ARRL.
>
> 73,
> António Vilela
> CT1JHQ
>
> On 10 July 2013 23:50, ACViegas <ct2ixq radioamadorismo.pt
> <mailto:ct2ixq radioamadorismo.pt>> wrote:
>
> Caros Amigos ,
> aqui vai a noticia na integra como me foi enviada.
> Cumps
> ACViegas
> CT2IXQ
>
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> From: "ARRL Web site" <memberlist www.arrl.org
> <mailto:memberlist www.arrl.org>>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 7:48 PM
> To: <acviegas hotmail.com <mailto:acviegas hotmail.com>>
> Subject: ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of Petition to Permit
> Encryption of Some Emergency Communications
>
> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB016
> ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of Petition to Permit Encryption of Some
> Emergency Communications
>
> ZCZC AG16
> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 16 ARLB016
> >From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT July 9, 2013
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB QST ARL ARLB016
> ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of Petition to Permit Encryption of Some
> Emergency Communications
>
> The ARRL is calling on the FCC to deny a Petition for Rule Making
> (RM-11699) seeking to permit the encryption of certain amateur
> communications during emergency operations or related training
> exercises. Don Rolph, AB1PH, of E Walpole, Massachusetts,
> petitioned
> the Commission in March to suggest an additional exception to
> §97.113, which currently prohibits "messages encoded for the
> purpose
> of obscuring their meaning."
>
> "While Mr Rolph has concisely stated his argument, it is ARRL's
> considered view that there is no factual or legal basis for the
> assumption that encryption of transmissions...is necessary in
> order
> to continue and enhance the utility of Amateur Radio emergency and
> disaster relief communications," the League said in its comments,
> filed today with the FCC. The ARRL also turned away Rolph's
> assertion that the current prohibition in §97.113 "has
> impacted the
> relationship of Amateur Radio volunteers and served agencies and
> significantly limited the effectiveness of amateurs in supporting
> emergency communications." The League said it's unaware of any
> evidence that served agencies have been reluctant to utilize
> Amateur
> Radio as part of their emergency or disaster relief communications
> plans because of the encryption restrictions in Part 97. The
> Amateur
> Service rule is based on a similar prohibition in international
> telecommunication law, the ARRL noted.
>
> The League characterized as "erroneous" and "unfounded" Rolph's
> assumption that encryption of certain information may be required
> under the provisions of HIPAA - the Health Insurance
> Portability and
> Accountability Act. "This mistaken assumption leads to the
> conclusion that the inability of Amateur Radio operators to
> encrypt
> the content of their transmissions in order to obscure the meaning
> of the transmissions renders Amateur Radio less (and decreasingly)
> useful to served agencies than it would be if encryption of those
> transmissions was permitted," the ARRL said. The League also
> said it
> was unaware of any instance in which state statutes have been
> cited
> by any served agency or group as a reason not to employ Amateur
> Radio for emergency communication.
>
> Radio amateurs, the ARRL countered, are not "covered entities"
> under
> HIPAA, which applies only to health care providers, health
> plans and
> health care clearinghouses. And, the League added, there is no
> expectation of privacy in Amateur Radio communications.
>
> The ARRL said it's not possible to determine the validity of the
> claim "that health care agencies subject to HIPAA are or might be
> unwilling or reluctant to utilize Amateur Radio in emergency
> communications and disaster relief planning" because of any
> lack of
> privacy inherent in Amateur Radio. "Permitting encryption might
> remedy the concern as a practical matter, if the concern exists,"
> the League continued, but "the complete dearth of even anecdotal
> evidence of the existence of that concern" makes it impossible to
> justify the proposed rule change on that basis.
>
> "It is extremely important to insure that Amateur Radio remains
> useful to served disaster relief and emergency communications
> agencies, which include health care facilities," the League
> stressed. "It is just as important to insure that regulatory
> impediments to that volunteer work be minimized to the extent
> consistent with the nature of the Amateur Radio Service." Amateur
> Radio's utility to served agencies in supporting emergency
> communication, the ARRL continued, "is high indeed, and is at the
> present time unfettered by the inability to encrypt
> transmissions."
>
> However, the ARRL said that should it become necessary in the
> future
> for radio amateurs to protect the privacy of individuals whose
> medical data may be transmitted by Amateur Radio during or
> after an
> emergency or disaster, "the Commission may be asked to revisit
> this
> matter."
>
> "It is urgent that Amateur Radio continue to be an essential
> component of disaster and emergency communications planning," and
> that served agencies, including medical facilities, perceive the
> utility of Amateur Radio as unhindered by regulations that
> prohibit
> encryption, the League emphasized.
>
> More than 200 comments were filed on RM-11699, most of them
> tending
> to support the ARRL's arguments.
> NNNN
> /EX
>
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