Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: OT: NC man charged with 'driving a cop car' due to ham antennas

[Neal Newman]

Not For nothing.  I once owned a Crown Vic  Bought it from a police auction  complete with the Bolted Transmission. It was an old PA state Police chase car can you say Fast  YEP.  But the speed limit is Only 65. when I lived in NY  I was involved in law enforcement. also  my local OEM. I had at least.  13 antennas on my car  I owned and still own  My MPH-K55 Radar unit.  soon after I left the job and moved to NJ the car was parked in a Lot where a tractor trailer  could not make a Turn  and decided to  drive Over the car Crushing it. wish I had a picture.  I bought a van whos speedometer  was not working. SO I put My Calibrated K-55 on thedash. I had 6 antennas on this van.  I was only questioned about the radar on the dash twice in 6 years Both times during stops at  registration  check points setup  by town cops. they could not find in the NJ VTL where it would be illegal to use it. Second. since It was a Calibrated unit( with certifications on Unit and Tuning Forks) I used it as My accurate speedometer..  Third. The GROL allows you to service and Test Radar  and other transmitters.. so  I cannot see why a test drive would not be considered Legal.. the radio shops do it all the time in NY.   Last  My unit is on 10.525     Take it From there....  The van has since died these days I ride a harley and the unit wont fit on the bike.   But I still keep the calibration  upto date Yearly.and I use the unit to Clock the speed of My Birds( Im a Falconer) In a stoop.  Very cool to demo to show  how fast the Birds really going..  Neal Buley, Kenneth L (GE Consumer & Industrial) wrote: --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Otterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I thought that police radar was licensed under Part 90... This IS correct, radar uses a transmitter and ALL transmitters are required to be licensed. I am sure he does not have a license. Having a radar unit is perfectly legal. Fred > Maybe 'having it' is ok, but using it is not legal. Maybe he thinks he is covered by being a licensed ham???????? Sorry, but if it transmits in the amateur authorized portion of the microwave band, it IS legal. Just because it "may" set off a nearby radar detector doesn't make it illegal, because the radar detector is a RECEIVER that is supposed to pick up microwave signals.(...and it's not necessary to have a license for a receiver, except for those states that make it illegal to specifically use a radar detector in a vehicle for the purpose of avoiding getting caught speeding). And radar detectors, especially the cheaper ones, are fairly broadbanded, so they will trip on signals that aren't necessarily true radar signals. I have read of some being set off by harmonics from a nearby amateur 440 MHz or 900 MHz transmitter. Regardless of what the vehicle LOOKED like, the focus of the legal situation is going to be whether or not the person was deliberately attempting to look or act like law enforcement, something none of us can determine by looking at a picture. Kenneth Buley Bullitt County EMA Deputy Director CD-2 Bullitt/Spencer Counties Red Cross ECRV Driver/Operator BC-6 Bullitt County ARES/RACES Coordinator KY4DES "Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality." Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "Repeater-Builder" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.