Here in the US there are few "bootleggers" on MARS, etc., but it's been an epidemic on the 11 meter CB band since 11 meters was taken from Amateur and given to CB service.
It was quite predictable, given the huge number of Amateur rigs on the used market that covered 11 meters when it was a Ham band. As SSB phased into CB, many bootleggers made money modifying newer Ham gear to cover 11 meters. The draconian regulations covering the ability to modify/operate US Ham rigs and amplifiers on the 11 meter band are an attempt to stem that abuse by providing a clear legal basis to prosecute suppliers of that stuff along with the illegal operators. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- ...Its double standards saying on the one hand that its ok to use the K3 on one particular HF service even though its it illegal, then go onto say that it wont be allowed on the CB service. To me it does not matter since I use a TS480HX and its IMD performance at 100 watts meets spectral purity standards for all HF services at 100 watts of output. The TS480HX is good radio at 100 watts of output. I use my 480HX in both my sailing and flying hobbies and it works great. At least if you wanted to stand on the high moral ground, out of band transmission on any non amateur band on the K3 should not be allowed. You at least would have some credibility on the issue. 73 John --- On Sat, 12/25/10, Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF <vk4bof.elecr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Benjamin, > Speaking from experience, the 'wideband' software 'tool' > will indeed allow the K3 to transmit outside of most bands > but operation on 27MHz is still recieve only even after the > usage of said software 'tool'. > > Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF > Innisfail, QLD, Australia > Elecraft K3# 4257 ______________________________________________________________ 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
