If you send to one pager at a time, you're OK because the message is going to a single person and isn't a broadcast.
Dick -----Original Message----- >From: Christopher Hodgdon <chris.hodg...@kaufman-ares.org> >Sent: May 22, 2009 3:43 PM >To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [Repeater-Builder] One way transmitting question > >Ok, I have a question that has been bothering me over the last few days. I >had mentioned that we wanted to use our repeater to send out a set of tones to >activate fire style pager (this was some time ago) and people said we should >not do it for one reason or another. One of those reasons was that it might >be considered a one way broadcast and not legal under FCC rules for amateur >radio. > >That being said, I know that some people have come on here and asked about >using a weather radio on their repeater system, etc. Having it setup to send >out alerts over the repeater when they come in. Would this not also be >considered a 1 way broadcast for reception by general public, per-say. > >How can you legally include a weather alert radio in a repeater setup and have >it function as required? >
