[chirp_users] Legal Frequencies?

[Amnon Zohar]

If you use the frs freq.  On low power nobody will notice unless someone
talks to someone who come to check.  To be on the safe side get a licence.
To prevent playing lock the kb.

בתאריך 8 בספט' 2016 11:30 PM,‏ "Dave Zoller" <dzoller at reddevil.com> כתב:

> Thank you Steve, Bob & Tom, and to all others that read & reply.
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> I’ve tried to do the research, but there is so much that is intuitive to
> you all who have worked with radios so long that is confusing to me.
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> If I understand you & Tom (and what I’ve read) correctly: IF the BF-888S
> were certified for FMS, the frequency I choose would be okay to use? But
> the FCC has no way of knowing the actual model of radio used?
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> I guess that’s a moot point though, what’s right is right and what’s not….
> it just isn’t.
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> Thanks,
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> Dave
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> *From:* chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:
> chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] *On Behalf Of *Steve Wiggins
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 08, 2016 3:18 PM
> *To:* Discussion of CHIRP
> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Legal Frequencies?
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> Dave, thanks for your concern about operating in the correct frequency
> band for your communications needs. 467 Mhz is OUTSIDE the Amateur Radio
> assigned UHF portion of the radio spectrum, so you're good there. I would
> suggest that you look up that particular frequency on a search engine and
> see what results  come back to you. But, I must warn you... The spectrum in
> America is highly regulated, and most likely, you are operating in a
> portion of the spectrum that is reserved for a particular radio service.
> Those who are licensed for their portion of the spectrum are highly
> protective and don't look kindly on interlopers. I can assure you that if
> somebody finds an UNLICENSED operator in the spectrum, they will turn the
> operator in to the FCC. The penalties can be very harsh.
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> If I were you, I would tread very carefully, as the spectrum is monitored
> closely by the FCC.  So, just because a radio is capable of transmitting on
> a particular frequency, it has no bearing on the fact that you could be
> breaking the law when you key the transmitter. It's sort of like a car that
> can do a hundred MPH. Just because it can operate at that speed, you
> wouldn't want to try to do that on a city street.
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> I trust this helps.
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> Best wishes,
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> Steve Wiggins
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> AMATEUR EXTRA
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> W4GOK
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> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Dave Zoller <dzoller at reddevil.com> wrote:
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> I just got a set of Baofeng BF-888S radios from Amazon and Chirp works
> like a dream for programming them. Unfortunately, I am a network
> administrator and know very little about which frequencies are and are not
> legal. We want the radios for short range comms in our manufacturing
> facility, which is not that large. I've set channel 1 to use FRS-08,
> 467.5625 MHz, which I think is legal. I haven't heard anyone else using
> it, but I'm in a fairly rural area so that doesn't surprise me. I also
> have it set on the lowest transmit power, which adequately covers the area
> I need covered.
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> I have some questions:
> Is that a good/safe/legal frequency to use?
> What would be some good alternative frequencies if I discover that another
> group uses this one?
> Will Chirp allow me to set all the channels to the same frequency so I can
> prevent these guys from using an illegal frequency? Is it a good to do
> that (or something like it)?
> Any other advice?
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> Thanks in advance,
> -Dave
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