diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/FBB.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/FBB.sgml index dedb8ea3..03693a8d 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/FBB.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/FBB.sgml @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+2002-10-30 + +
+A couple of paragraphs ago, I said that "xfbbd X Client" icon +didn't work under Gnome environment. It did make me wonder +if it would work under KDE graphical user interface. So, this +time I started KDE (and I did it as "root" so, in addition, I +also got a mailbox icon on the desktop, named "fbb X11". When I +located the mouse pointer over that icon, there appeared some +more description: "F6FBB bbs Server for Packet Radio"). + +
+Well, when I tried to click on that icon, I got a
+KFM Warning message box explaining that program
+
+Interestingly, there is some slight difference between +xfbbX appereance under KDE and Gnome. Actually, +each KDE's xfbbX window has "FBB" logo in the upper +left corner (Gnome's windows have not). That may indicate +that xfbbX client was produced primarily for KDE +environment. Besides that, it seems that other features +are almost the same, regardless being within KDE or Gnome +environment. + +
+On the other side, the already mentioned "xfbbd X Client" +item (within the Start menu, under "HamRadio" group), still +does not work. I suppose that there should also be some +modifications, related to program executable paths, but I +do not know how to manage that. Anyway, it does not matter +because xfbbX is running this or that way.
Notice: Folks, here I am going to discuss some
rule'n'regulation issues that we, radio amateurs, face to
-every day. These issues are obstacles for this nice
+every day. These problems are big obstacles for this nice
way of communication to be more developped and widely
used.
First of all, anybody who might be interested in
running Linux amateur radio software, as a way of
-controlling radio amateur stations on the international
-HF waves, has to learn Morse telegraphy and pass Morse
-skill test. For a long time now, I have been trying to explain
-myself, why manual Morse telegraphy is still kept as the
-requirement without one is not allowed to use HF frequencies
-under 30 MHz, in order to contact other Linux and other radio
-amateurs world-wide. I still have no answer, except
+using radio amateur stations on the international
+HF waves, in a digital manner, has to learn
+
You all know, there are so many Linux enthusiasts world-wide
(including myself) who have been fighting against all types
-of monopols (like a company from Redmond). The Morse obligatory
-test is the same: just another type of a monopol!
+of
That's why I have been trying to persuade all relevant
@@ -1500,9 +1542,10 @@ me that it was a hard job to persuade people who govern
the amateur radio, to just remove that outdated rule.
So, I have decided to suggest the implementation of
another regulatory principle: To adopt a new type
-of amateur radio licences, a Ham Digital Licence (the HDL
-in short). HDL holders would be allowed to use ALL amateur
-radio frequencies, including ALL international HF bands
+of amateur radio licences, a
+If you find yourself interested enough in making
+amateur radio rules and regulations better and
+updated (say to widen the idea of liberalize the
+ICT areas and free them of any kind of monopols),
+I would suggest you to look for your national radio
+amateur society and/or national telecommunication
+regulatory agency. Lobby to them in order to remove
+the obsolete manual Morse proficiency test.
+