"Eddie Haskel" wrote:

Thats a sore spot about the Icom R-3 Video rcvr....it STOPS at
2.450Gigs....while the Television and law enforcement community are at
2.450 to 2.500Ghz!! Why Icom did that is crazy. ...Eddie

"Waterperson77" wrote:

I'm beginning to wonder if the law (FCC regulations or government
reguations) made them do that. Because I read an archived newsgroup post
that said something like "make no mistake about it. This is by design so
that you can not see these frequencies".

How true that post is or not, I don't know.
But I can kind of imagine it being true.
and I don't really doubt that it's true.
although I can't say for sure.

United States Code (U.S.C.):
TITLE 18 PART I CHAPTER 119 Sec. 2510.

(16)
''readily accessible to the general public'' means, with respect
to a radio communication, that such communication is not -

(E)
transmitted on frequencies allocated under part 25, subpart D, E, or F
of part 74, or part 94 of the Rules of the Federal Communications
Commission, unless, in the case of a communication transmitted on a
frequency allocated under part 74 that is not exclusively allocated to
broadcast auxiliary services, the communication is a two-way voice
communication by radio;

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2510.html ---

Part 74: Subpart F: Television Broadcast Auxiliary Stations
Sec. 74.602 Frequency assignment.

Band A MHz

2450-2467
2467-2483.5

(1) Frequencies shown above between 2450 and 2500 MHz in Band A are
allocated to accommodate the incidental radiations of industrial,
scientific, and medical (ISM) equipment, and stations operating
therein must accept any interference that may be caused by the
operation of such equipment. Frequencies between 2450 and 2500 MHz
are also shared with other communication services and exclusive
channel assignments will not be made, nor is the channeling shown
above necessarily that which will be employed by such other services.

http://tinyurl.com/2hkvb ---

18 USC 2510 declares that Part 74 frequencies are "forbidden" unless
they are Not Exclusive to Part 74, and it is not a voice communcation.
Part 74 Subpart F clearly states that 2450 to 2500 MHz are shared with
other sevices, and it's video, not audio. Therefore, it is NOT illegal
to intercept anything at 2450 and 2500 MHz. ------

PART 94 was removed and designated "Reserved" by order in Docket
No. 94-148, effective August 1, 1996. Part 101 has superseded Part 94.

PART 101_FIXED MICROWAVE SERVICES

Sec. 101.101 Frequency availability.
http://tinyurl.com/2ykxq

Sec. 101.109 Bandwidth.
2,450 to 2,483.5.......................... 625 KHz \2\
2,483.5 to 2,500.......................... 800 KHz
\2\ 1250 KHz, 1875 KHz, or 2500 KHz on a case-by-case basis.
http://tinyurl.com/2c6r2

Subpart H: Private Operational Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service
http://tinyurl.com/2pt5k

Subpart I: Common Carrier Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service
http://tinyurl.com/2m7qo ----

Scanners & Communication Recievers that tune to the 2.5Ghz band:

Yaesu VR-5000, AOR AR8600 Mark II, AOR AR5000+3B, & AOR AR8200 MK III.
Any others? Which antenna is the best for this application?