Re: [Elecraft] Explanation why Thailand bans hf transceivers with 6 m capability: military use of 6 m

2009-04-07 Thread VR2BrettGraham
The discussion in this thread completely misses the point: there are administrations who do not allow people to be in possession of radio equipment capable of operating on frequencies those people aren't allowed to use. This is probably more common in Asia now than anywhere else. Singapore is

Re: [Elecraft] Explanation why Thailand bans hf transceivers with 6 m capability: military use of 6 m

2009-04-07 Thread Julius Fazekas n2wn
Hi Brett, I would think for Elecraft, it's the economy of scale. How many sales are they losing versus the effectiveness of providing a modified radio? I suspect not enough to make it worth the effort. Consider the RoHS issues they had to resolve to go into the EU market...

[Elecraft] Explanation why Thailand bans hf transceivers with 6 m capability: military use of 6 m

2009-04-05 Thread Chris Wagner
Can you please provide us, esp. Elecraft, with more details about WHY the K3 has been banned? Maybe they can do something about fixing the reason for it being banned. And I'm sure our members would like to know as well. *** Hi All: An American professor, Charlie HS0.. tried to import the K3.

Re: [Elecraft] Explanation why Thailand bans hf transceivers with 6 m capability: military use of 6 m

2009-04-05 Thread Radio Amateur N5GE
On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:01:23 -0400, Jack Smith jack.sm...@cliftonlaboratories.com wrote: Total guess, but western military FM communications use the frequency bands 30-88 MHz, so any transceiver capable of operating on 6 meters could listen and transmit on a portion of the military FM band.

Re: [Elecraft] Explanation why Thailand bans hf transceivers with 6 m capability: military use of 6 m

2009-04-05 Thread Ken Alexander
Can you please provide us, esp. Elecraft, with more details about WHY the K3 has been banned? Maybe they can do something about fixing the reason for it being banned. And I'm sure our members would like to know as well. *** Hi All: An American professor, Charlie HS0.. tried to import the

Re: [Elecraft] Explanation why Thailand bans hf transceivers with 6 m capability: military use of 6 m

2009-04-05 Thread Jack Smith
By western I mean NATO or US standards, compared with standards developed by the former USSR and Warsaw Pact, commonly called east bloc. The geographical location of Thailand is not material in this context. Jack Radio Amateur N5GE wrote: On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:01:23 -0400, Jack Smith