Whats also concerning is that this decision has been made only from the perspective of US laws not even taking into consideration the international market.
In Australia there is a legal 27mhz marine band that is monitored and has full legal status just as the VHF FM marine band does. Its use is probably bigger than the VHF marine band which has strict regulations and channel occupation usage rules. So if i am not legally allowed to use a non type accepted radio on 12 mhz marine why would 27 mhz be any different and be singled out? I am still breaking the law! In many places in the Pacific 27 mhz CB has become the equivalent of the bush telephone. When you cruise or sail you can order fuel, supplies or even call the doctor to the other side of the Island on 27 mhz. The decision in many ways is hypocritical especially when you consider that the K3 is not type accepted for Marine HF use, nor is it NTIA certified for MARS. However i am sure many will be used on these frequencies. I would be more concerned about breaking NTIA rules than FCC 27mhz rules. If you were applying the law impartially you would not allow any out of band TX while the radio has no legal status except on the ham bands. Craig VK3HE --- Goody K3NG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't see a problem with CB transmit capabilities. > In fact, I think > it should be configurable by the end user. Let me > explain. > > Recently our county has been getting its act > together in regards to > Emcomm, so we've been doing drills and educational > programs at > meetings. As an amateur, you need to be prepared to > communicate on > non-ham frequencies, like FRS or CB. Sometimes in a > disaster situation > you may need to communicate with non-hams who are > only equipped with FRS > or CB. One prime example of this in a drill we did > was a trucker coming > in to deliver supplies to a shelter. We needed to > "talk in" the driver > to the shelter over CB. > > As far as "soiling" your K3, look at it this way; > you'll probably have > the sweetest, cleanest sounding AM signal on the CB > band :-) Yea, I > know it's not type accepted for use in CB/Part 95, > but neither are the > thousands of amplifiers and "specially tuned" chrome > monsters you see on > eBay each day. Also, any CBer wanting a hot signal > isn't going to buy > an Elecraft K3. For much less money they can buy > one of those garbage > rigs and a "six pill" amp with more so-called "talk > power". > > All my rigs are modified for "DC to daylight" > transmit. Do I ever use > it? No, but it's good to know that if I'm ever put > in the situation I > can fire up communications on most any band in a > heartbeat. Sure, I can > wreak havoc on any band as well with my equipment > and its expanded > functionality, but that's why we're licensed > amateurs.....we know not to > do that stuff and we have the know how and > motivation to use our powers > for good, not evil.... > > 73 > Goody > K3NG > > Ken Kopp wrote: > > Eric's reply (below) reads as if the K3 will TX in > the 27 mHz > > CB band as built. Surely no self-respecting > Elecraft owner > > would soil his radio by transmitting in the CB > band! The > > radio should self-destruct if a user attempted to > transmit > > there. > > > > It should -always- block CB band transmit. I don't > know of a > > legitimate reason for a K3 to transmit on 27 Mhz > anywhere > > in the world. > > > > Say it isn't so, please .... > > > > > > > -- > Blog: http://thek3ngreport.blogspot.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
