Joe, The last time I checked our licenses were not purchased like wireless spectrum...I believe we fall under the category of granted privileges to utilize frequency spectrum owned by the government and administrated through licenses granted by the FCC.
I don't think there is any premise or as you say, "...fact that it should be in the bands where TV is authorized..." is relevant. Where the FCC decides to put it is where the fact. When this waiver was posted did this group craft a response and send it to the FCC? I haven't read the ham responses but the order seems to indicate that most of the filings in opposition had to do with satellite and weak signal operations, not repeater users. Best, Dave Wa3gin -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of MCH Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:07 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Fw: FCC R&O Involving the Amateur 70cm Band What are you missing? The fact that it should be in bands where TV is authorized, and not in a band where it will be subject to random instances of interference from a service that has transmitters at any place at any time. I wonder how well a waiver would be received that would permit hams to use any frequency in the 406-512 MHz band at 1 watt maximum ERP with a non-interference basis to licensed users of that band segment. Would those licensed users sit still for that? Joe M. David Jordan wrote: > > > I just read the FCC order.I don't see a significant threat to amateur > radio UHF communications from this device. > > > > - the price is very high for what you get - few will be > purchased - the technology implementation is lam > > - the incidents where the device would be used are few and far > between > > - the device erp is .25watt to max 1 watt into a hand-held > rubber duck antenna at the operator position and the device crawls on > the ground with internal ant > > - the statement in the order makes the device operations > secondary to amateur radio > > - there are many caveats in the order with regard to when the > device may be used > > > > What am I missing? > > > > 73, > > Dave > > Wa3gin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *George Henry > *Sent:* Thursday, March 04, 2010 1:44 PM > *To:* Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Fw: FCC R&O Involving the Amateur > 70cm Band > > > > > > That IS the item... ReconRobotics' website has the disclaimer that the > device has not received FCC authorization & may not be sold. > > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
