Hi Stan! Are you a Mormon? I'm the repeater coordinator for Montana and recently was contacted by a fellow who wanted to purchase a repeater pair.
It was a strange request ... kinda like yours ... and it turns out he legitimately thought he could purchase a repeater frequency from me and proceed to operate it without any form of license. Further conversation with him made me aware that the Mormon Church is advocating this on a nationwide basis. Or, are you a "prepper"? I recently had a stranger knock on my car window while parked at a grocery store and asked about the amateur plates. Almost the same thing, except he thought that we used "secret" frequencies that no one could find or listen to. Wanted to carry on "secret" conversations with family members around the country. You "sound" like you have a gross lack of knowledge about your license and hobby and what it allows. A study of FCC rules, Part 97 would be very helpful. "Google" it ... copies are widely available. Who are you applying to for a "grant" to upgrade your ham equipment? 73! (Means "Best regards" in CW (code) shortcuts. Ken Kopp - K0PP On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:18 AM, KG7FYI <stan...@surcp.org> wrote: > Thanks for all the input. > I hope you aren't getting the impression that I am preparing to be a loose > cannon. We regularly carry on sets in anticipation of the type of > emergencies the State is preparing for. Nonetheless my desire is to have as > many options as possible available for our small community. We have been > submitting grant proposals to upgrade our 2M equipment to be better > integrated into the ARES net system here. On the other hand our ARES > usually > also does check ins on 28.400 MHZ which is not open on my K3. Not > reasonable > at all, hence my hope to scale things up. Our ARES group has done > ARES/RACES > certification to qualify for participation. I'll touch in with our club to > see where we are regarding our RACES commitment. In the mean time also I'll > make contact on my own. Thanks. > > > > ----- > Stan KG7FYI > -- > View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2. > nabble.com/K3-P3-and-KAT500-tp7629969p7630032.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to elecraftcov...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
