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Newps wrote:
Doug wrote: Well, that was what I was told at Oshkosh where EVERYONE was asking for it. But it's really just a rumor. However, you don't see any of them. Of course the FCC could change their mind. The FCC doesn't have anything to say about it. Other than to mandate the radio meet stringent technical standards and that the manufacturer spend a bundle formally proving compliance before the radio can be legally sold and that's not going to change... -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Don Tuite wrote:
On Fri, 19 May 2006 23:55:02 GMT, wrote: Newps wrote: Doug wrote: Well, that was what I was told at Oshkosh where EVERYONE was asking for it. But it's really just a rumor. However, you don't see any of them. Of course the FCC could change their mind. The FCC doesn't have anything to say about it. Other than to mandate the radio meet stringent technical standards and that the manufacturer spend a bundle formally proving compliance before the radio can be legally sold and that's not going to change... My impression was that the Japanese designed as few universal platforms as possible, each with a multitude of features, qual'd the platforms with the various PTTs, of which the FCC is just one, and then disabled features in order to create application/country-specific models. Hence the dozens of Web pages of simple cut-the-jumper-and-tweak the-capacitor hacks. Don When done, it is usually to meet country specific nits. For example, the Amateur frequency allocations are not 100% the same throughout the world (close, but not 100%), so such things are common there. The FCC is getting anal about designs that allow jumper changes for operation outside the original certification for non-Amateur equipment. Besides, if a company went through all the hoops, why wouldn't it just sell the equipment with the certified capability enabled? -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Michael Ware wrote:
"Doug" wrote in message ups.com... Just look at the specs for marine antennaes and use those, or go to a marine store and measure one. No need to reinvent the wheel.... Well, that's true, but the VSWR should be checked, with a meter while airborne. Failure to do this could result in a damaged radio. Doubtful. No 12V (or 28V) transistor radio is going to burn up it's finals driven into a mismatch. It won't produce much power. |
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