[TheList] Frequency Lists

Fri Apr 29 11:24:27 AEST 2011

How can radiowiki be pulled into a debate about publishing information that
is publicly available by the government? No don't remove it.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Mike Bailey <tahiini at gmail.com> wrote:

>  No point in putting it out there with big arrows pointing to it either. If
> people want to break the law, and transmit on frequencies they are not
> supposed to, thats fine, I just don't wanna see radiowiki.org.nz dragged
> into the debate. Its so easy to get a chinese radio into the country, and to
> transmit. Do we really want to be telling people "Here, go play with these
> frequencies"?
>
> Noone needs to know that info - therefore, shouldn't it be removed?
>
>
> On 29/04/2011 1:04 p.m., Scanhead wrote:
>
> Security by obscurity? really? The information is already
> publicly available, no point in hiding it..
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Mike Bailey <tahiini at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi folks.
>>
>> Why do any transmit frequencies need to be listed anyway? If people are
>> supposed to have access to these systems, they'll have the frequencies
>> already, or know who to contact to get them. Having them on the wiki just
>> encourages the riffraff to try and see if they can trigger the repeaters,
>> thus p*ssing off the legitimate users.
>>
>> Receive frequencies are fine, but really, do we need tx? The wiki was
>> designed for scanners, not txers.
>>
>>
>> On 29/04/2011 12:24 p.m., Mark Sutton wrote:
>>
>>  Hi.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. PIB 23 is found here:
>> http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/tools-and-services/publications/public-information-brochures-pibs/pib-23-vhf-and-uhf-mobile-service-bands-in-new-zealand
>>
>>
>>
>> A couple of thoughts come to mind:
>>
>> ·         PIB 23 uses the convention of ‘Base Transmit’ and ‘Mobile
>> Transmit’ which makes the data presentation a lot clearer. maybe this
>> convention should be used in the wiki also?
>>
>> ·         When the wiki can be edited and maintained by 'anybody', do you
>> think that there should be a policy around how this data should be entered
>> and an explanation for users of the data?
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz [
>> mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz<thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz>]
>> *On Behalf Of *Scanhead
>> *Sent:* Friday, 29 April 2011 12:02 p.m.
>> *To:* thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
>> *Subject:* Re: [TheList] Frequency Lists
>>
>>
>>
>> If in doubt, check the RSM's PIB 23....
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Mark Sutton <mark at itmax.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> In most frequency lists on the Wiki there are both Receive and Transmit
>> frequencies listed. However there does not seem to be any explanation of
>> this and if it applies to the mobile or repeater perspective. Is there a
>> standard way this information can be interpreted or is it just up to
>> whoever
>> added the data?
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>>
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