Agreed. However my point was that the intended target is not, necessarily, ham pirates, but people who have a legitimate use, even if the rigs are not up to spec.
In another case where these radios were considered for a major ham project, it required several exchanges with the manufacturer to elicit the specific technical information, 2nd harmonic on 2 meters, that they did in fact not meet the certification claimed. You pretty much needed to know the answer to make them fess up.
One of the very early 2 meter SSB rigs, ca 1970s, used for satellite communications turned out to have a nasty spur on an aircraft ATC frequency. Japanese "rice boxes" were at about the same point that the Chinese rigs are now.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:13 PM 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
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On 1/14/2012 11:03 AM, Alan P. Biddle wrote:
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 WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Bob Bruninga Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:49 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Radio Pirates
Went to local flea market today (34F degrees out) for a wwod stove and was shocked to see a guy selling brand-new boxes of VHF and UHF, and Dual band HT's fully programmable from 140 to 170 and 440 to 570 MHz 5 to 7 watts.
He had several brands and some were even dual band. Most boxes had
chinese
instructions.
Radios were between $65 to $80 each.
I guess I knew that these were available, but now that they are being sold in large quantities at general (non ham) flea markets, I guess the cat is out of the bag.
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