you can only transmit on frequencies that you are licensed to do so on. It is not illegal to own any radio, it is what you have programmed into it to transmit on is the issue. Cannot see why you could not have one for CB as it would only push out 5 watts. Covers the UHF CB bands.
Cannot see anyone that silly to start tranmitting on unlicened freqs in this group.
yeah they sure are, as I have a licence as some do here that allow us to use & modify these & other radios
As long as we stay in the scope of the law
so in other words are these allowed into australia by customs
I would go get a refresher in your regulations and radio acts if i were you buddy ,
I thought the same thing up until a little while ago , were by you can own any radio you like its just how you use it that gets you into trouble ,
but this is not the case the act or regulations stipulate , that if you are in possession of a radio that can tx on a freq you are not authorized to , by means of suppling power connecting a mic or antenna , is now or so they say has always been a no no ,
these are classed as a land mobile radio , not a ham radio as such and there for fall under that section ,
there are a few around the traps that have had these radios surrendered by the boys , as they are only capable , if you have a ham ticket , and hae it locked to specified freq ie in this case 2/70 then no problems , with RX only then no problems , if you leave it as it is imported were mealy adjusting the dial , then pressing the tx it is not covered and you could well have the book thrown at you at a great rate of knots ,
as a seller (as im sure there are a few others ) the acma keeps an eye on what i do , well to a degree , as do others make no mistake , and if you are caught selling these unlocked or on cb bands you will get a phone call or visit , i have had both ,
i have also tried selling these on the UHF CB band as was told these are not type approved , there fore illegal , no go ,
if you look closely at the pages of light reading that make up the act and regulations , its there
i think this could be what i am referring to ,,,
Supply of non – standard radio communications devices is an offence under Section 160 of the Radio Communications Act 1992, and can attract substantial penalties of 120 penalty units for an individual, or otherwise 1500 penalty units (currently 1 penalty unit = $110). Operation and possession of non-standard radio communications devices are also offences under sections 157 and 158 of the Act. Non standard devices have the potential to cause harmful interference to licensed radio communications services.
All radiocommunications devices sold in Australia (with some exceptions, i.e. Amateur Radio Equipment) must carry Compliance Labelling such as a C Tick.
there fore ... what you guys are portraying is not legal ,,,
as it has been said , not is doing 100 in a 60 zone or running a red light , and well i tend to agree , how ever these are in place to stop , people coursing , interference on un licensed freq's , and this is all to easy , with little kids getting these for xmas present s, etc , and even here in vic , one person using one of these sorts of radios , to get on the emegency service freq and all but render it useless ,
like i said ... its not having a go , just pointing out the facts ,,, and keeping you guys that don't know informed , and those that do know well if your stupid enough , then half your luck ,,,
