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.<br>Este é só mais um triste episódio, muito bem contrariado pela ARRL.<br>
<br>73,<br>António Vilela<br>CT1JHQ<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 July 2013 23:50, ACViegas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ct2ixq@radioamadorismo.pt" target="_blank">ct2ixq@radioamadorismo.pt</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Caros Amigos ,<br>
aqui vai a noticia na integra como me foi enviada.<br>
Cumps<br>
ACViegas<br>
CT2IXQ<br>
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Subject: ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of Petition to Permit Encryption of Some Emergency Communications<br>
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SB QST @ ARL $ARLB016<br>
ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of Petition to Permit Encryption of Some<br>
Emergency Communications<br>
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ZCZC AG16<br>
QST de W1AW<br>
ARRL Bulletin 16 ARLB016<br>
>From ARRL Headquarters<br>
Newington CT July 9, 2013<br>
To all radio amateurs<br>
<br>
SB QST ARL ARLB016<br>
ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of Petition to Permit Encryption of Some<br>
Emergency Communications<br>
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The ARRL is calling on the FCC to deny a Petition for Rule Making<br>
(RM-11699) seeking to permit the encryption of certain amateur<br>
communications during emergency operations or related training<br>
exercises. Don Rolph, AB1PH, of E Walpole, Massachusetts, petitioned<br>
the Commission in March to suggest an additional exception to<br>
§97.113, which currently prohibits "messages encoded for the purpose<br>
of obscuring their meaning."<br>
<br>
"While Mr Rolph has concisely stated his argument, it is ARRL's<br>
considered view that there is no factual or legal basis for the<br>
assumption that encryption of transmissions...is necessary in order<br>
to continue and enhance the utility of Amateur Radio emergency and<br>
disaster relief communications," the League said in its comments,<br>
filed today with the FCC. The ARRL also turned away Rolph's<br>
assertion that the current prohibition in §97.113 "has impacted the<br>
relationship of Amateur Radio volunteers and served agencies and<br>
significantly limited the effectiveness of amateurs in supporting<br>
emergency communications." The League said it's unaware of any<br>
evidence that served agencies have been reluctant to utilize Amateur<br>
Radio as part of their emergency or disaster relief communications<br>
plans because of the encryption restrictions in Part 97. The Amateur<br>
Service rule is based on a similar prohibition in international<br>
telecommunication law, the ARRL noted.<br>
<br>
The League characterized as "erroneous" and "unfounded" Rolph's<br>
assumption that encryption of certain information may be required<br>
under the provisions of HIPAA - the Health Insurance Portability and<br>
Accountability Act. "This mistaken assumption leads to the<br>
conclusion that the inability of Amateur Radio operators to encrypt<br>
the content of their transmissions in order to obscure the meaning<br>
of the transmissions renders Amateur Radio less (and decreasingly)<br>
useful to served agencies than it would be if encryption of those<br>
transmissions was permitted," the ARRL said. The League also said it<br>
was unaware of any instance in which state statutes have been cited<br>
by any served agency or group as a reason not to employ Amateur<br>
Radio for emergency communication.<br>
<br>
Radio amateurs, the ARRL countered, are not "covered entities" under<br>
HIPAA, which applies only to health care providers, health plans and<br>
health care clearinghouses. And, the League added, there is no<br>
expectation of privacy in Amateur Radio communications.<br>
<br>
The ARRL said it's not possible to determine the validity of the<br>
claim "that health care agencies subject to HIPAA are or might be<br>
unwilling or reluctant to utilize Amateur Radio in emergency<br>
communications and disaster relief planning" because of any lack of<br>
privacy inherent in Amateur Radio. "Permitting encryption might<br>
remedy the concern as a practical matter, if the concern exists,"<br>
the League continued, but "the complete dearth of even anecdotal<br>
evidence of the existence of that concern" makes it impossible to<br>
justify the proposed rule change on that basis.<br>
<br>
"It is extremely important to insure that Amateur Radio remains<br>
useful to served disaster relief and emergency communications<br>
agencies, which include health care facilities," the League<br>
stressed. "It is just as important to insure that regulatory<br>
impediments to that volunteer work be minimized to the extent<br>
consistent with the nature of the Amateur Radio Service." Amateur<br>
Radio's utility to served agencies in supporting emergency<br>
communication, the ARRL continued, "is high indeed, and is at the<br>
present time unfettered by the inability to encrypt transmissions."<br>
<br>
However, the ARRL said that should it become necessary in the future<br>
for radio amateurs to protect the privacy of individuals whose<br>
medical data may be transmitted by Amateur Radio during or after an<br>
emergency or disaster, "the Commission may be asked to revisit this<br>
matter."<br>
<br>
"It is urgent that Amateur Radio continue to be an essential<br>
component of disaster and emergency communications planning," and<br>
that served agencies, including medical facilities, perceive the<br>
utility of Amateur Radio as unhindered by regulations that prohibit<br>
encryption, the League emphasized.<br>
<br>
More than 200 comments were filed on RM-11699, most of them tending<br>
to support the ARRL's arguments.<br>
NNNN<br>
/EX<br>
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