[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

[Alan P. Biddle]

Agreed.  However my point was that the intended target is not, necessarily,
ham pirates, but people who have a legitimate use, even if the rigs are not
up to spec.  

In another case where these radios were considered for a major ham project,
it required several exchanges with the manufacturer to elicit the specific
technical information, 2nd harmonic on 2 meters, that they did in fact not
meet the certification claimed.  You pretty much needed to know the answer
to make them fess up.   

One of the very early 2 meter SSB rigs, ca 1970s, used for satellite
communications turned out to have a nasty spur on an aircraft ATC frequency.
Japanese "rice boxes" were at about the same point that the Chinese rigs are
now.

73s,

Alan
WA4SCA


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:13 PM
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Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

That is legal ONLY if they have been type accepted by the FCC for those 
services and at those prices I can almost guarantee they were not.

Joe WB9SBD

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On 1/14/2012 11:03 AM, Alan P. Biddle wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Many of those same radios are being sold through legitimate/commercial
> dealers for FRS/GMRS rigs.  For instance, the same Puxing I use for a
> WIDE1-1 digi was bought in large numbers in the Palm Springs area for
backup
> coms between all the gated communities in case of an earthquake.
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Bob Bruninga
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:49 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Radio Pirates
>
>
> Went to local flea market today (34F degrees out) for a wwod stove and was
> shocked to see a guy selling brand-new boxes of VHF and UHF, and Dual band
> HT's fully programmable from 140 to 170 and 440 to 570 MHz 5 to 7 watts.
>
> He had several brands and some were even dual band.  Most boxes had
chinese
> instructions.
>
> Radios were between $65 to $80 each.
>
> I guess I knew that these were available, but now that they are being sold
> in large quantities at general (non ham) flea markets, I guess the cat is
> out of the bag.
>
> Bob, WB4APR
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