A.E. 352 wrote:
Ham radios DON'T have to be certified by the FCC...
a person can even build their own gear if they want. Many folks modify
11-meter radios to get on 10-meters and it's perfectly legal. What the FCC
has a problem with is the so-called 'Dual Use' radios which the Galaxies,
Presidents, Connex's, et.al. become once they have been modified for
11-meters. 'Type Acceptance', now called' FCC Certification' however IS
required for 11-meter radios which makes the above mentioned radios illegal.



"james" wrote in message
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On 28 Feb 2007 20:06:15 -0800, "------------"
wrote:

+++:
+++. But I just had to make
+++ fun of the way some of the amateurs are taking the no code testing
that
+++
+++
+++ I can use all the Ten Meter Band, but it sure needs more activity.
Yeah
+++ I'll bet 28.365, 28.375, 28.385, 28.395, and 28.405 will active,
maybe?
+++
+++
+++The pro-code hams have been arguing that Galaxy radios are perfectly
+++legal for hams to use on 10 meters, even though they're illegal for
+++cb'ers to use on 10 meters.
+++
+++Well, IF that's the case, then a lot of Galaxy radios suddenly became
+++legal on 10 meters from a bunch of people passing their ham tests
+++without having to take a code test.
+++
+++And we all now how those hams LOVE those Galaxy radios.
+++
+++I don't think they're legal even for hams since they can transmit in
+++the 11 meter cb band with more powwer than allowed.
+++
+++But since the old pro-code hams have been arguing that they are
+++perfectly legal for hams to use.....
+++
+++
+++
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By the letter of the Law, they are not type accepted radios. Or better
yet thay have not been certified for the band in which Hams wish to
use them. Therefore are illegal to sell for use in that spectrum.

Still any Ham with half decent skills can build a unit that would tune
the 10M band and out perform any commercial radio built for the CB
market.

james


If you are making a transmitter or power amplifier for personal use
then, no, the FCC does not have to approve it. It however must meet
certain FCC mandated specifications. If it doesn't then it is "ILLEGAL"
and it's use can subject the operator to sanctions.
If you making a transmitter or amplifier for sale then it "MUST" be
approved by the FCC as meeting the afore said specifications.
The various so called 10 meter ham transceivers under discussion here do
not meet these specifications and are "TOTALLY" illegal for use by
anyone in the jurisdiction of the FCC. 11 meter transceivers may be
converted to 10 meter use due to the fact that the 11 meter transceiver
has been approved (?) for use by the FCC. Also hams may now purchase
power amplifiers that have 10 meter capability manufactured into it by
the manufacturer. This has been the case for a couple of years now.

David WD9BDZ