Also marine radio is just that marine radio. If you wanted to legally talk on the marine frequencies you would have to be "marine" in other words not a shore station. There are restrictions (or used to be) about using marine frequencies from a shore location if not licensed for such. And there were restrictions on who could be licensed such as being a business that serviced ships or owned and operated ships, etc.
Jim K0XU On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:05 AM, juergen <plebia...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Johnny > > The K3 would also have unacceptable IMD or occupied bandwidth standards > making its use on the marine bands unethical. > > I used one of my K3's on a sailboat, guess what happened? > > I was not transmitting on the marine bands but some other nearby yacht > operator was checking in on a 8mhz cruising race schedule getting yacht > positions. I realized this after I got home. The net was at the time I was > operating on 14mhz. I know the operator who runs the net and his yacht was > berthed 5 yachts down from where I was operating from. > > I smelt this awful smell and shut the K3 down immediately. When I got > home and investigated the smell I found that my 8mhz trap was burnt and > toasted. The trap was overwhelmed by the nearby transmitter on 8mhz. The > PCB tracks were not damaged but were all badly burnt or brown. I rebuilt the > trap and used the K3 without it for a while. I noticed no IF break through. > > I may order a new KANT PCB assembly in the future to try and restore my K3 > back to its new condition. > > So K3 operators beware of operating near mariners especially at night where > 8 mhz might be used for such things as pactor! You may well think your K3 is > possessed by the devil or has had some sort of parasitic oscillation. > > 73 > John > > --- On Tue, 3/22/11, Johnny Siu <vr2...@yahoo.com.hk> wrote: > > > From: Johnny Siu <vr2...@yahoo.com.hk> > > Subject: [Elecraft] Re： marine frequencies and k3 > > To: "Jim Wiley" <jwi...@alaska.net>, "George A. Thornton" < > gthorn...@thorntonmostullaw.com> > > Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 10:47 PM > > Also for practical reasons, the > > popular marine bands is near to the I.F. of K3. > > Using K3 for marine communication seems not quite > > appropriate. > > > > cheers, > > > > > > Johnny VR2XMC > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > 寄件人﹕ Jim Wiley <jwi...@alaska.net> > > 收件人﹕ George A. Thornton <gthorn...@thorntonmostullaw.com> > > 副本(CC) Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 傳送日期﹕ 2011/3/23 (三) 1:30:12 PM > > 主題： Re: [Elecraft] marine frequencies and k3 > > > > > > Unfortunately, even if the K3 could be made to operate on > > marine > > frequencies, unless if is type accepted by the FCC for that > > service, it > > is still not legal to use it, whether or not you have a > > license. As far > > as I know, the K3 could not pass the acceptance requirement > > in it's > > present form. The primary objection would have to do with > > VFO frequency > > control, which is not permitted on the marine bands. > > There may be others. > > > > > > It is legal to use a marine SSB transceiver on the ham > > bands, where type > > acceptance is not required, but the reverse is not true. > > Wayne or Eric > > can amplify this if they wish, but that is the gist of the > > argument. > > > > > > - Jim, KL7CC > > > > > > > > George A. Thornton wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > > I was trying to figure out if it was possible to > > legally communicate > > > with her using my K3 from home. > > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Jim K0XU ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
