MediaWiki is the very powerful wiki software that runs the Wikipedia and many other well-known wikis. It is not the easiest to work with, but it can do just about anything wiki related, and do it well. Casual users are frequently overwhelmed by its complexity. So, it is often not the best choice.
There may be other wiki software that handles database tables for crowdsourcing well without being too complex for most users.
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 4:56 PM David weather@lightingunlimited.com wrote:
What is MediaWiki?
On 3/10/2017 4:08 PM, Drew Einhorn wrote:
The point is to make it easier for licensed folks to avoid mistakes that violate the law, not to make it impossible for folks who intend to violate the law.
It's easy to accidentally press the TX button. I would prefer to easily configure the radio to limit the damages. Duplex off is nice. But, I'd prefer to set my country to US and license to Amateur Technician and automatically have Duplex set correctly for all frequencies outside the amateur bands.
Crowdsourcing database tables is relatively straightforward with MediaWiki. There may be other wikis that are easier to use and do a good job crowdsourcing tables.
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 2:43 PM John LaMartina ☀ JohnLa@usa.net wrote:
Also, how would CHIRP test to see that the person entering the passcode really held that license...
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On Mar 10, 2017, at 3:38 PM, Drew Einhorn drew.einhorn@gmail.com wrote:
I hadn't thought about mode.
A partial solution ignoring mode would be useful to prevent accidental tx on weather radio channels, etc.
A well designed wiki like interface would enable the hard details to be crowd sourced.
I'm not sure it's worth the trouble, either. And it still may be more difficult than I realize. But maybe it should be added to the official list of things to consider someday in the future.
I agree on the override
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 1:06 PM Tom Hayward tom@tomh.us wrote:
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Drew Einhorn drew.einhorn@gmail.com wrote:
Feature request.
Add a global setting for license type. And, set duplex to off for
frequencies outside the bands allowed to TX by the license. I know it's not quite as simple as it seems because of international differences. So, you would probably need to add a country setting, too.
This gets especially complicated in the US where, for most amateur bands, certain modes are only allowed on certain frequencies.
Personally, I use Chirp to program a number of Part 90 radios in Chirp. Teaching Chirp about all the licenses and FUAs for each agency I work with sounds like more trouble than it's worth. There would need be an override.
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