thats what I posted earlier, like Orangepeel said thats how I read the legalities of it
Dont want to get in a slanging match, but my licence says I can operate or modify any radio apparatus as long as I stay in the ham bands, so thats what I am going to so
Yup
You can make a radio and use it on the ham bands - if you have a stand/adv licence...
The only thing the user is required to of - is to stay within the required bandwidth and within the scope of the licence (as BG mentioned)
Anyway - the Ham community are aware of this - think that the ACMA and the WIA are targeting the non-licenced users out there whom have these radios and are using them.
As it is stated ... don't want get into a slinging match or flame war ,,, but........................
For those that do not have licenses or that are new to radio ,,,
if you read the legislation , or act or what ever its called ,
it states a person may not have in there possession , a radio that operates on a freq they are not licensed to operate , by connecting antenna , mic or power ,
from what i understand and as it has been stated before the problem with these is the VFO mode that goes from woe to go , on the VHF and UHF bands
while there has been some interesting and valid points about , home brew etc , this is all beside the point ,
in recent times (well apparently it has been the case for a long time )
these radios are not covered , even if you hold an standard or advanced license or a commercial license ,
these have to be locked to the 2/70 bands no if's no buts , that's it (well for tx only , rx you can have any where ,but the transmitter must be locked to the allowed bands .)
these things are every were , and so hard to keep a beat on , and so cheap , an easy way for an f call to get a start , and they are a damn fine radio for the price ,
like i said im not interested in a flaming war but these point needs to be made , these as they come into the country from afar , are outside the conditions , and not covered in the act , there fore if you own one in its native state its not legal ... simple ,.,.,. not hard to understand ,,
to make it legal ,,, lock the thing down to tx only in the ham bands , also easy ,,,,
if you are not licensed in any way ,,, don't own one its not legal get a scanner also easy ,,,,,
these do not carry a C tick there fore they are not legal to use on the uhf cb band also easy ,.....