Hi Rob and the gang, The only radio services where the “out of band” or out of certification apply are the MARS and CAP frequencies immediately adjacent to the ham bands. Very special exceptions to the rules.
When I was active in MARS and CAP, I had modified my TS-430S for “all frequency transmit” - one blocking diode. The diode for “transmit inhibit” was a requirement for certification under Part 97 for Kenwood. Having made this change made it technically possible to spin the dial to 27.185 and call “Breaker ONE NINE…”. That doesn’t mean that I actually did it or that I somehow had a CB radio :) Many radio services, other than ours, are channelized because the people using the radios are not radio operators. This is especially true for Maritime where even HF frequencies are channelized. I had to memorize some of the frequency charts to get my GMDSS license. Whether a Baofeng radio is a good choice for signal cleanliness to meet certification is an entirely different matter... 73 Bill > On Jul 17, 2015, at 10:02 AM, McClure, Rob K <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Bill, > > Thanks for the reply. I knew it was a long shot and I think Icom ‘had’ to > quit making that HT for the same reasons due to rule changes although I’m not > sure. I did find where Yaesu did make one recently (now discontinued) using > the VX-6 or VX-7 framework that did do Aviation and Ham band, but I could not > find the Icom to which I referred. And as you said, I found none that did 2m > ham and maritime. > > I was just hoping to encourage this guy to get his license and get him on the > air as he has other friends besides myself that are hams and he thought if he > could kill two birds with one stone, he would get to the training quicker. > > 73, Rob, KC5RET > > Rob McClure > Cameron IT Staff > Server Operations > > From: Bill Crowell [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 9:15 AM > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: McClure, Rob K > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2m and maritime in the same box? > > Rob, > > I don’t think such an animal exists because of differing certifications. > > Ham Radio gear must be certified under part 97 of FCC rules. > Maritime is under part 80. > Also, maritime VHF is channelized whereas we use frequencies. For example, > every VHF marine radio must operate on channel 16 - bridge-to-bridge simplex. > > Though it may be possible to use a ham rig to operate on the same frequencies > as marine, it may NOT be the only radio or the primary radio on the vessel or > harbor station for reasons of both type certification and compliance with FCC > rules and GMDSS regulations. When the Coast Guard pulls you over and looks, > they want to see a certified radio and it operating on channel 16. <grin> > > 73. > > N4HPG > Amateur Extra > GROL > 2nd Class Telegraph > GMDSS operator/maintainer > > > On Jul 17, 2015, at 8:58 AM, McClure, Rob K via BVARC <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hello all, > > A coworker here at Cameron has expressed an interest in ham radio. I’m going > to help out as much as I can, and point him in what I think is the right > direction. > > He did have an interesting question. He assumed that my Yaesu FT-60 could > communicate on the maritime band. I told him know, but I thought he might be > able to monitor it them. I did a little checking and as I thought, the > Maritime VHF band is higher than the ham band, but it didn’t say if it was > AM, FM, SSB or digital. > > Which brings me to his question. He wanted to know if anyone makes a > 2m/Maritime HT or mobile rig. I thought this might be possible since Icom > used to make a 2m/Aviation HT for a while with an option I believe for a DF > using what I think are called VOR. > > So does anyone know if any one makes or have made (so I might find it at a > ham fest) a 2m/maritime HT or mobile size rig? > > 73 all, Rob, KC5RET > > Rob McClure > Cameron IT Staff > Server Operations > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information of Cameron and its Operating > Divisions. Any unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. 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