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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>All of the FRS frequencies are legal
for you to use, but the 5 watts may not be legal.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>But since you are in a rural area, I
wouldn't worry about it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Glenn</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=w4gok.steve@gmail.com href="mailto:w4gok.steve@gmail.com">Steve
Wiggins</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 08, 2016 3:17
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [chirp_users] Legal
Frequencies?</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>I trust this helps.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best wishes,</DIV>
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<DIV>Steve Wiggins</DIV>
<DIV>AMATEUR EXTRA</DIV>
<DIV>W4GOK</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Dave Zoller <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:dzoller@reddevil.com"
target=_blank>dzoller@reddevil.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I
just got a set of Baofeng BF-888S radios from Amazon and Chirp works<BR>like
a dream for programming them. Unfortunately, I am a network<BR>administrator
and know very little about which frequencies are and are not<BR>legal. We
want the radios for short range comms in our manufacturing<BR>facility,
which is not that large. I've set channel 1 to use FRS-08,<BR>467.5625 MHz,
which I think is legal. I haven't heard anyone else using<BR>it, but I'm in
a fairly rural area so that doesn't surprise me. I also<BR>have it set on
the lowest transmit power, which adequately covers the area<BR>I need
covered.<BR><BR>I have some questions:<BR>Is that a good/safe/legal
frequency to use?<BR>What would be some good alternative frequencies if I
discover that another<BR>group uses this one?<BR>Will Chirp allow me to set
all the channels to the same frequency so I can<BR>prevent these guys from
using an illegal frequency? Is it a good to do<BR>that (or something like
it)?<BR>Any other advice?<BR><BR>Thanks in
advance,<BR>-Dave<BR><BR>______________________________<WBR>_________________<BR>chirp_users
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