Chris,
That would be 'nice', but consider that not only the band limits of the
various countries is involved, but domestically, the "band limits"
depend on the operator's license class. Should this be extended to
include the CW band limits for Technician hams, phone bands and CW bands
for General Class, and full band coverage for Extra class licensees?
As I see it, the request becomes complex. It is incumbent on any
operator to restrict his/her operation to the frequencies limited by
their country and their license class.
Yes, such limits are possible. Elecraft sends a special file for those
countries that require that the transmissions be locked down to the
limits of that country. In countries that do not require that
'lock-down', it is up to the operator to stay within the bounds
permitted by the license.
I think we enjoy that freedom of self policing here in the US and many
other countries.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 8/19/2013 11:37 PM, Chris Johnson wrote:
I can appreciate that. And I would not want it to delay other features. But to compare
to other radios, most are inverted in this operating method. They are locked into
bands of their localization and require either modification or proof of MARS license to
open it. I'm not for locking it down either, and would be satisfied with band edge
beeps. I have a blind ham that uses this radio quite a bit, and it would be optimize
his operation of the radio. He is always having it announce VFO location because of the
radio's "openness" to be extra careful.
Chris
K6OZY
On Aug 19, 2013, at 8:14 PM, Walter Underwood <[email protected]> wrote:
"Out of band" means different things in each of more than a hundred countries,
so it is a lot of work to put that in firmware. Handy, but very tedious, and it would
probably delay other features.
I wouldn't mind band edge beeps myself, I am a bit absent-minded about that.
wunder
K6WRU
On Aug 19, 2013, at 7:44 PM, Chris Johnson wrote:
I didn't ask to be taught how to operate. I didn't criticize that it CAN
transmit out of band, or that it was a bad thing. I understand the uses for
xmitting out of band. I asked if there was a feature to lock it into ham bands
that can be OPTIONALLY enabled.
Get off your high horse.
On Aug 19, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Richard Neese <[email protected]> wrote:
I believe thats so people who do MARS work can operate...... learn to monitor
yourself thats part of being a ham...
Locking the firmware would be wrong. this is not just a ham transceiver.....
its a full op transceiver..
--
R.Neese
KB3VGW
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