By "western" I mean NATO or US standards, compared with standards developed by the former USSR and Warsaw Pact, commonly called "east bloc." The geographical location of Thailand is not material in this context.
Jack Radio Amateur N5GE wrote: > On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:01:23 -0400, Jack Smith > <[email protected]> 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:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
