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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I don’t interpret Part 97 excluding gaming applications. Amateur radio has long been a hobby (entertainment is core to most hobbies), informal social interactions (which Minecraft along with other interactive games and rag-chewing is certainly a method for that), advancing the radio art (experimentation for new applications/usages, and I for one haven’t yet heard of Minecraft being done over the air), and it’s yet another digital application in the trend of amateur radio moving quickly towards digital (I see opportunity for propagation modeling, remote control radios, and other modeling being done in a sim-world like Minecraft, Hamsphere style). This is fully compatible with Part 97 IMO.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stephen W9SK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> PSDR <psdr-bounces@hamwan.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chuck Cole<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 26, 2020 10:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr@hamwan.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [HamWAN PSDR] HamWAN Minecraft?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Gaming (ie, pure diversion) sounds contrary to letter and spirit of the FCC authorizations for amateur service.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I prefer that such things become specific prohibitions and maybe even punishable offenses since they can jeopardize our having any privileges. There is no political up side for diversionary gaming. If games were an explicit part of experimentation to improve bandwidth and reduce latency, AND data was both collected and reported in a useful manner, THEN games may be OK.<br><br>Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>K4TZO<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-----Original Message----- <br>From: Bart Kus <br>Sent: Sep 27, 2020 1:08 AM <br>To: Puget Sound Data Ring <br>Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] HamWAN Minecraft? <br><br>Hello,<br><br>I've come to realize that games seem compatible with Part 97. So let's run a test of this on HamWAN. I've setup a Minecraft Bedrock server on "minecraft.hamwan.net" port 19133. The world has been initiated from the seed "HamWAN". :) If you'd like to build some ham radio related world, please join and have a go. I expect many antennas!<br><br>I've set the game rules to pvp=off (no hitting each other), and showcoordinates=true (so people can find each other).<br><br>I'd like to hear reports of how the gaming experience is over HamWAN, so access to the server is limited to ARDC addresses only. That is, you've gotta be connecting from 44.0.0.0/9 or 44.128.0.0/10 address space.<br><br>Have fun! And remember, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJQclHtsEE8">don't dig down</a>.<br><br>--Bart<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>