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*My* latest CB find, I found it here: http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php...12#post2970012
I didn't know that Icom made a Citizens' Band radio, the IC-706MkIII doesn't transmit on 11 meters unless it had been modified; wouldn't that make this radio "unauthorized" for use as an amateur radio as well as a radio which is allowed from 26.965 - 27.405 Mhz?Quote:
Originally Posted by Somebody...
Is it wise to announce on QRZ.com that you operate one of these radios?
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Why not? Doesn't a staff member over yonder run a Pirate CB forum?Quote:
Originally Posted by koØm
Yes, it's illegal for CB.
No, as far as ham use goes, it doesn't matter. The 706MKIIG doesn't cover 60 meters without the mod, either.
Before I even clicked, I knew who you were talking about. LULZ.
The only one that hasn't figured out what caps mean on the Interwebs, or doesn't care.
Having a radio capable of operation on the Chickenband is much different than actually OPERATING a radio on the Chickenband. Unless a FCC monitor is in the seat next to me, who can prove what? No, I don't transmit on the Chickenband, but should I need to, I can. I DID during the Joplin Tornado storm on the Sunday of Dayton 2011 when half the town was leveled. I talked to the truckers on what they had seen and what the road situation was ahead. Go ahead, send me a PINK TICKET!
"Having a radio capable of operation on the Chickenband is much different than actually OPERATING a radio on the Chickenband."
Since when? POSSESSION of a non certified transmitter or amplifier that's capable of transmitting on 11M indicates INTENT and gets a citation for operating without a license. Don't ask, don't argue, when the FCC web site comes back look up all the violations. You'll see for yourself because you don't believe me.
"Go ahead, send me a PINK TICKET!"
Come into today's world, NALs have been on white letterhead at least since the 60s. (;->)
"Is it wise to announce on QRZ.com that you operate one of these radios?"
In the present tense I'd say no except for one thing, IF the FCC cruises around the CB web sites it's pretty obvious they don't care. Most NALs result from investigations started on solid ground with complaints of interference with other radio services. In the past tense I don't care, the statute of limitations ran out a LONG time ago. (;->)
Of course, just because the radio is capable of operating on 11 meters doesn't mean that the owner actually operates it on 11 meters. Right Pat?
... The TS-430S I once owned had been "opened up" to enable transmit on the WARC bands. The mod to do that actually made it a transceiver across all of HF, not just the ham bands. I'd totally forgotten about that, until the one year I set up the station for the Pa QSO Party from my (then) brother-in-law's trailer, down on the family farm in Greene County. My mistake was setting things up the weekend before. Found out the following weekend that he just couldn't keep his hands off the rig... and in the process of hooking it up, he somehow blew out the regulator on my Astron RS-20. Suffice to say, I never made THAT mistake again...
(Incidentally, I don't know if he ever actually transmitted on the rig. He denied it, of course. Still, how do you blow out an Astron when you're just hooking up a power cable to it? I never did get a straight answer to any of that... just got scolded by my now-ex that it was my own fault for trusting him...)
The government shutdown has affected the FCC's funding, motivated the statement of possibilities, and it's all Obama's fault.
Wrong forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by WØTKX
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Seriously though, I'm almost halfway impressed the "people" over there can turn any discussion from global monetary policy to the pastrami and swiss they had today into a discussion about Obama.