This is crap, what about the ham who builds his own? That's not type accepted? As long as you don't use them out of band they are perfectly fine to run.
This is crap, what about the ham who builds his own? That's not type accepted? As long as you don't use them out of band they are perfectly fine to run.
I know some may disagree with it but I believe the issue lies in the cb radio frequencies, not the ham end of it. These cb radios are being pulled from trucks crossing into Canada as we speak from the articles I have read.
Which makes then perfectly legal for ham use. A cb'er caught with one has no leagal use of it and there for it is implied that it was used out of band but a ham does have leagal use of part of it. Now yes they may be illlegal to import.I know some may disagree with it but I believe the issue lies in the cb radio frequencies, not the ham end of it. These cb radios are being pulled from trucks crossing into Canada as we speak from the articles I have read.
This is crap, what about the ham who builds his own? That's not type accepted? As long as you don't use them out of band they are perfectly fine to run.
Sorry to quote but find that partSorry to quote you, but if you carefully read the rules, it states that the rules are for commercially manufactured radios,
With a HAM license I would not want to have one hooked up if and when the FCC came to do an inspection. For cb from what I understand unless you are causing quite an interference with other systems or neighbors, businesses etc. they pretty much just leave cb alone. Perhaps someone could comment more on this. Thanks everyone for input. That is how we get educated and learn about what is going on.
Sorry to quote but find that part
I really can't believe no one has said anything about your statement that those people "aren't real hams" because they have chosen to use a repeater?? I don't know what you got going on by you but around my qth we have a number of old guys that are very knowledgeable about all types of ham radio from hf to atv to satellite work and digital modes that USE REPEATERS. Does this make them not "real hams" ? I started out my haming on vhf and learned a lot listening to some of the local machines. Sure it's more fun to work DX on the hf bands now but this is not for everyone. That is what makes amateur radio such a great hobby. There are many different avenues to wonder down and find your niche. One of my old friends from my little town put together a uhf machine that worked great. He spent tons of time and money to make his repeater one awesome system. He also happens to be one of the biggest hf contest stations around. I would never consider him not a "real ham" because he used a repeater... just my 2 centsThere are some linked repeater systems out there that are designed to make it appear as if you are a big time operator using VOIP, but when you get beyond the part of just talking, you will realize that those people aren't real hams. I don't know of anyone that doesn't already know how to talk on a cell phone or use some type of internet, so I don't know what significance it has to talk VOIP or locally on a repeater.
At least with 10 meters, the people you talk to are all your antenna to their antenna and your radio and antenna does all of the work. It is real hard to get any kind of exposure to amateur radio when all you have is a 2m radio...