If my life is in danger, I am going to use any frequency that I have to get help. I don't care if it is a remote broadcast link frequency for a radio station! But that's me.
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "La Rue Communications" <laruec...@...> wrote: > > I forgot to add something, kind of crucial to my point at the end back > there..... if my life was in jeopardy then. Is there a frequency that Law > Enforcement monitors for non emergency situations? For the public sector? Or > would it be any officer who knows how to build their own scanners? Let me > reclarify - if I was in an accident, and my radio was in reach over my cell > (i.e. my cell was in my pocket, or got knocked under the seat), and I had a > life threatening injury, what kind of response would that evoke? > > John Hymes > La Rue Communications > 10 S. Aurora Street > Stockton, CA 95202 > http://tinyurl.com/2dtngmn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Maire-Radios > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:30 AM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: A warning to Land Mobile Radio Dealers > > > > > you should not even think of doing that. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: La Rue Communications > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 1:10 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: A warning to Land Mobile Radio Dealers > > > > > So if I had a UHF Saber, and programmed it to a Police frequency for the > purposes of TX EMERGENCY info only like 911, then its required to have > authorization? What if I was involved in a wreck and my radio was the only > thing in reach over my cell? > > John Hymes > La Rue Communications > 10 S. Aurora Street > Stockton, CA 95202 > http://tinyurl.com/2dtngmn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: kd6aaj > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:58 AM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: A warning to Land Mobile Radio Dealers > > > > > > Strange, considering the GMRS can come with radios you buy, before you > even have the license. I guess you have to be one of the BIG boys to sell > radios preprogrammed with those freqs. > > and there is an EXCEPTION: > > Title 47: Telecommunication > PART 90-PRIVATE LAND MOBILE RADIO SERVICES > Subpart N-Operating Requirements > > § 90.427 Precautions against unauthorized operation. > (a) Each transmitter shall be so installed and protected that it is not > accessible to or capable of operation by persons other than those duly > authorized by and under the control of the licensee. Provisions of this part > authorizing certain unlicensed persons to operate stations, or authorizing > unattended operation of stations in certain circumstances, shall not be > construed to change or diminish in any respect the responsibility of station > licensees to maintain control over the stations licensed to them (including > all transmitter units thereof), or for the proper functioning and operation > of those stations and transmitter units in accordance with the terms of the > licenses of those stations. > > (b) Except for frequencies used in accordance with §90.417, no person > shall program into a transmitter frequencies for which the licensee using the > transmitter is not authorized. > > and: > > § 90.417 Interstation communication. > top > (a) Any station licensed under this part may communicate with any other > station without restriction as to type, service, or licensee when the > communications involved relate directly to the imminent safety-of-life or > property. > > (b) Any station licensed under this part may communicate with any other > station licensed under this part, with U.S. Government stations, and with > foreign stations, in connection with mutual activities, provided that where > the communication involves foreign stations prior approval of the Commission > must be obtained, and such communication must be permitted by the government > that authorizes the foreign station. Communications by Public Safety Pool > eligibles with foreign stations will be approved only to be conducted in > accordance with Article 5 of the Inter-American Radio Agreement, Washington, > DC, 1949, the provisions of which are set forth in §90.20(b). > > [43 FR 54791, Nov. 22, 1978, as amended at 62 FR 18933, Apr. 17, 1997] > > -------------------------------end of CFR regs--------------- > > So, what's to stop someone from saying they programmed a freq for > emergency use only? Why else have the exception, unless you are expected to > have an "unauthorized" frequency programed in your radio? > > So, the exception (90.417) clearly makes 90.427 un-enforceable UNLESS > you can prove intent to operate on the "unauthorized" frequency for > NON-emergency communications. The school was operating on the frequency, but > they don't say what kind of communication was involved. > > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, wd8chl <wd8chl@> wrote: > > > > In February, a large two-way radio dealer was issued a Notice Of > > Violation (NOV) by the FCC for adding a frequency into radios that > the > > customer was not licensed for. The Notice stated that Section > 90.427(b) > > prohibits programming into a transmitter frequencies the licensee > using > > the transmitter is not authorized for. > > > > Make sure your customers are licensed for the frequencies you put in > > radios you sell! > > > > Information from Mission Critical Magazine, May 2010. FCC enforcement > > case NOV 201032900008. > > --------------------- > > Jim Barbour > > Transcore > > >
