mch wrote: > Huh? When were they not legal? W6MEP's repeater was on in 1956. > > Maybe your friend didn't have a control link? > > Joe M. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I have a buddy (WA5QKE) who had a repeater on the air in Conroe TX >> before they were legal. He was headed to a site with an FCC engineer >> one day when it got keyed and the squelch tail was plainly audible >> along with the ID. He had to take it off the air for several years >> until they were legalized. >> >> 73 - im W5ZIT
And it seems to me there was a point in there where it had to be licensed as a repeater. If he didn't have that, I could see his dilemma. But I don't think there was ever a time they were completely illegal here in the US. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
