On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 12:39:10AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I'm in doubt about a couple of claims that were made here about FCC rules | concerning 6 meter r/c radios: | | 1. Lex Mierop says that 50 Mhz can only be used for aircraft, not cars, | boats, or robots.
I don't believe this. He said it was in the band plans, but it's not in the ARRL band plan that I can find -- http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/bandplan.html And even if it was, I'm not sure if band plans carry the force of law or not. Though they probably do qualify as `good amateur practice', and the FCC does like that, so ... As far as I know, you can do ground or air craft on both the 50 and 53 mHz R/C channels. | 2. Chuck Anderson says that you can't allow someone to use your 6 | meter r/c radio while you supervise as control operator. I said it too. I could have sworn I saw it in the technicial study book I used, but when I went looking through part 97 today, I couldn't find the rule. Maybe it's changed. I remember it as being specific to `telecommand', which is the term that they use for R/C. Though I did find this online -- "Here is the discussion on this topic taken from the latest edition of the ARRL's FCC Rule Book: "Telecommand of Model Craft Amateurs are also permitted to use radio links to control "model craft," such as model airplanes and boats. Certain restrictions apply [97.215] on this kind of operation: o Station identification is not required for transmission directed only to the model craft. The control transmitter must bear a label indicating the station's call sign and the licensee's name and address [97.215(a)]. o Control signals are not considered codes and ciphers [97.215(b)]. o Transmitter power cannot exceed 1 W [97.215(c)]. o Only licensed amateurs may operate telecommand transmitters using amateur frequencies. While unlicensed persons may participate as "third parties" in most amateur operations, they may not participate in telecommand operation. This is true even when a licensed amateur is closely supervising the operation. The FCC has said that the one-way transmissions involved in telecommand do not constitute third-party messages exchanged between control operators. Nonamateurs must use equipment and frequencies in the Radio Control Service. If licensed amateurs wish to use amateur equipment and frequencies for model telecommand, it is their responsibility to be sure that they can safely operate the equipment while observing the FCC's Rules." I found that at http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_1769536/anchors_1771645/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#1771645 and it came from Tom Hogerty, KC1J Field & Educational Services Phone: 860-594-0323 FAX: 860-594-0259 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" Back in 2001. If anybody knows, the ARRL ought to know ... Beware though if you look at that link ... the page is not safe for work! (It contains some fine examples of silicone enhancement taken to the extreme for some strange reason ...) -- Doug McLaren, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Beam me up, Scotty! It ate my phaser! RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
