[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

2012-01-16 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On 16/01/12 00:27, Ted wrote: 'I'd take the cheapie chinese radios any day'. Perhaps that is the mentality that makes the EU economic model the mess that it is today. Also, any, and I mean any economist will tell you that in hard times the average consumer (which includes notoriously cheap

[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

2012-01-16 Thread Andre
Op 16-1-2012 22:13, Gordon JC Pearce schreef: ANY of these POS non type certified radios have no place in our community. It's CEPT and CE approved, good enough for me. CE is not realy worth anything, all it means is that the manufactor claims not to use toxic paints and stuff like that, it is

[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

2012-01-16 Thread Gregg Wonderly
On 1/16/2012 3:13 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: On 16/01/12 00:27, Ted wrote: 'I'd take the cheapie chinese radios any day'. Perhaps that is the mentality that makes the EU economic model the mess that it is today. Also, any, and I mean any economist will tell you that in hard times the average

[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

2012-01-15 Thread Tony Langdon
At 06:05 AM 1/15/2012, Clint Bradford wrote: ... Many of those same radios are being sold through legitimate/commercial dealers ... OK so far ... ... for FRS/GMRS rigs ... Not OK - they are not legal for either the GMRS nor the FRS. We've had similar issues over here with UHF CB, where

[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

2012-01-15 Thread Clint Bradford
... Sounds like your FCC needs to take a similar approach and jump on these sales. I am not a radio cop nor an FCC cop (and you didn't say I was, either). But it really bugs me to see otherwise honest folks selling these radios as Ham / MURS / FRS / GMRS / Marine rigs. And/or hams using them

[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

2012-01-15 Thread Clint Bradford
... Motorola, which generally ship massively out-of-spec ... I am so sorry that you do not have first-hand experience as I have (working for Motorola for a couple of years, and supplying radios to not only law enforcement and public service entities in this country, but also to the private

[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

2012-01-14 Thread Alan P. Biddle
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

[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

2012-01-14 Thread Roger
During the last year's Hurricane in Connecticut, I was listening to Mom's Fire Dept scanner and there was a party harassing the fireman while they were responding to a call...he had a kid or girlfriend in the car you could hear giggling...after trying the tried and true ignoring him for about

[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

2012-01-14 Thread Joe
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 The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 1/14/2012 11:03 AM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: Bob, Many of

[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

2012-01-14 Thread Joe
I would have bought one, Got all the info possible about the guy, and then when got home turned him in to the FCC. Joe WB9SBD The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 1/14/2012 10:48 AM, Bob Bruninga wrote: Went to local flea market today (34F

[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

2012-01-14 Thread Alan P. Biddle
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org 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 The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 1

[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

2012-01-14 Thread Clint Bradford
... Many of those same radios are being sold through legitimate/commercial dealers ... OK so far ... ... for FRS/GMRS rigs ... Not OK - they are not legal for either the GMRS nor the FRS. ... the same Puxing ... was bought in large numbers in the Palm Springs area for backup coms