On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:01:23 -0400, Jack Smith <jack.sm...@cliftonlaboratories.com> wrote:
>Total guess, but western military FM communications use the frequency >bands 30-88 MHz, so any transceiver capable of operating on 6 meters >could listen and transmit on a portion of the military FM band. > >Jack K8ZOA > [snip] I guess Thailand is backward and doesn't have the technology to use spread spectrum and encryption on 6m (or any) band. With the rig mfr's targeting 6m as an additional band to catch the VHF crowd, it will soon be impossible to be a ham in that country unless you are using an older rig. Maybe that is their intent. Additional comment: I thought Thailand was in the Eastern Hemisphere ;o) Tom, N5GE K3 #806, K3 #1055 XV144, XV432 W1 and other small kits. http://www.n5ge.com ______________________________________________________________ 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