On 6/11/04 8:54, "Doug McLaren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 08:29:56AM -0700, Bill Malvey wrote: > | On 6/11/04 8:26, "Brian Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | > I know I have been advised against this, "but" I still want to try the 50 > | > mhz portion of the ham band for RC... > | > | Can't help you with the Stylus stuff, but I am curious about who and why you > | were advised against using 50 megs? > > Probably because of the danger of getting stomped on by licensed hams. > > Here in Austin, TX the 50 mhz band is very lightly used, but I hear > that in other places it's a lot more popular. The band plans do set > aside a specific range of frequencies only for lower power (1 watt) > R/C use, but that doesn't mean that people couldn't be transmitting on > these frequencies, intentionally or not.
This is a largely unfounded fear. I have been operating on 6 meters for both RC and ham fun for a while. Hams simply do not mess with the RC portion of the 6-meter band. No reason to, thee is nothing going on there. > Also, hams can transmit with up to 1500 watts legally -- compare that > to your 1 watt transmitter, and guess who's going to win? See above. Get some experience on the 6-meter bands both for RC and Ham and you will see that in practical fact your fears are unfounded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Malvey RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
