Are packet radio worms allowed by FCC rules?
Like as long as the transmitting station properly identifies and does not obfuscate the purpose of the message, and arguably publicly documents the message, I don’t see anything in Part 97 prohibiting it. Nothing really addresses the possibility of an unauthorized takeover of an automatically or remotely controlled station; arguably 97.219(c) and (d) indicate that responsibility for transmissions would remain with the control operator of the station regardless.
This question is entirely academic, to be clear; as cool as I think the idea is I definitely don’t have the time to write a worm right now lol
doskel (npub1nk3…d3qm)
Athena /
npub1ya…3kf20
2025-01-08 21:00:49
in reply to nevent1q…nz5w
Author Public Key
npub1ya2cam7937rx24zfe6xwsjrvkw9mkn49ux5g20gg4rz0jzfu6unqq3kf20Published at
2025-01-08 21:00:49Event JSON
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