Agreed. However my point was that the intended target is not, necessarily, ham pirates, but people who have a legitimate use, even if the rigs are not up to spec.
In another case where these radios were considered for a major ham project, it required several exchanges with the manufacturer to elicit the specific technical information, 2nd harmonic on 2 meters, that they did in fact not meet the certification claimed. You pretty much needed to know the answer to make them fess up. One of the very early 2 meter SSB rigs, ca 1970s, used for satellite communications turned out to have a nasty spur on an aircraft ATC frequency. Japanese "rice boxes" were at about the same point that the Chinese rigs are now. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates That is legal ONLY if they have been type accepted by the FCC for those services and at those prices I can almost guarantee they were not. Joe WB9SBD The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 1/14/2012 11:03 AM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: > Bob, > > Many of those same radios are being sold through legitimate/commercial > dealers for FRS/GMRS rigs. For instance, the same Puxing I use for a > WIDE1-1 digi was bought in large numbers in the Palm Springs area for backup > coms between all the gated communities in case of an earthquake. > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bob Bruninga > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [amsat-bb] Radio Pirates > > > Went to local flea market today (34F degrees out) for a wwod stove and was > shocked to see a guy selling brand-new boxes of VHF and UHF, and Dual band > HT's fully programmable from 140 to 170 and 440 to 570 MHz 5 to 7 watts. > > He had several brands and some were even dual band. Most boxes had chinese > instructions. > > Radios were between $65 to $80 each. > > I guess I knew that these were available, but now that they are being sold > in large quantities at general (non ham) flea markets, I guess the cat is > out of the bag. > > Bob, WB4APR > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
