In my view this opens the door to other encroachments on our frequency allocations. Richard www.n7tgb.net <http://www.n7tgb.net/>
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. -- Ronald Reagan _____ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David Jordan Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:55 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Fw: FCC R&O Involving the Amateur 70cm Band 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.