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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>100% DE ACORDO!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>ACViegas</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>CT2IXQ</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=radiophilo@gmail.com
href="mailto:radiophilo@gmail.com">AV</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:41 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=cluster@radio-amador.net
href="mailto:cluster@radio-amador.net">Resumo Noticioso ARLA/CLUSTER</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: ARLA/CLUSTER: Fw: ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of Petition
to PermitEncryption of Some Emergency Communications</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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
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class=gmail_quote>Caros Amigos ,<BR>aqui vai a noticia na integra como me foi
enviada.<BR>Cumps<BR>ACViegas<BR>CT2IXQ<BR><BR>------------------------------<U></U>--------------------<BR>From:
"ARRL Web site" <<A href="mailto:memberlist@www.arrl.org"
target=_blank>memberlist@www.arrl.org</A>><BR>Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013
7:48 PM<BR>To: <<A href="mailto:acviegas@hotmail.com"
target=_blank>acviegas@hotmail.com</A>><BR>Subject: ARLB016 ARRL Urges
Denial of Petition to Permit Encryption of Some Emergency
Communications<BR><BR>
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class=gmail_quote>SB QST @ ARL $ARLB016<BR>ARLB016 ARRL Urges Denial of
Petition to Permit Encryption of Some<BR>Emergency
Communications<BR><BR>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><BR>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><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>______________________________<U></U>_________________<BR>CLUSTER
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