i agree with Frank 100% 73, w5xz
--- On Sat, 10/31/09, Frank Goenninger <f...@me.com> wrote: From: Frank Goenninger <f...@me.com> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] block out of band transmissions To: "FlexRadio Reflector" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 8:59 PM Am 31.10.2009 um 21:46 schrieb Brian Lloyd: > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Tim Ellison <telli...@itsco.com> wrote: >> It will be. The challenge is that there are region and country/entity >> specific band plans and license classes for each that have to be >> considered. It isn't a trivial enhancement. > > You know, it is possible to prevent out-of-band operation by > *thinking* and not setting the VFO to a frequency that will allow > energy to fall outside the band. I teach this to my 6th-grade students > who are upgrading to general-class and will be using the classroom K2 > to make contacts. This technique works surprisingly well. > > --73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL Yes, that's something we need to get back into the heads of our fellow law enforcement agency employees. Why are we Hams allowed to build our own equipment and operate it without any certification? But as soon as we make money of such devices all sorts of certifications have to be passed. Matter of fact, German law says that the operator of any equipment is responsible for obeying to law limits. So I'd prefer a non-limited version of the Flex firmware and not one that is even more strict than the law. As Tim said: It's not trivial to implement an all-in-one firmware with all the differing requirements. (It's technically complex but the sheer number of combinations of restrictions is really impressive). Therefore I'd vote to get a firmware that says "Look Dude, you voted for No Limits. You're on your own now. FRS is not liable for anything anymore. Good luck." If I have to sign a paper for that I'll do! And I am not only addressing the sub-band requirements here. My Flex-5kA currently doesn't allow me to work on frequencies I am allowed to work on here in Germany. Cheers Frank _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to w...@att.net _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
