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<div>Please read the section titled, "Amateur Radio Exception". Then, ponder the both the privilege you are afforded...as well as the legal responsibility you are bound by as you rightfully continue to use these devices.</div><div><br></div><div>There is no drama here. Carry on.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Ev, W2EV</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, September 24, 2018, 8:56:18 PM EDT, Steve Noskowicz via aprssig <aprssig@lists.tapr.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-18-980A1.pdf " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-18-980A1.pdf </a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div dir="ltr"> Regards, Steve Noskowicz<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Science & Technical Advisor<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">--------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 9/24/18, Steve Noskowicz via aprssig <<a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS on 70CM using a hundred "free" UHF radios<br></div><div dir="ltr"> To: "Tucson Amateur Packet Radio" <<a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a>>, "." <<a href="mailto:groups.0acf@headquarters.earth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">groups.0acf@headquarters.earth</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"> Date: Monday, September 24, 2018, 7:31 PM<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> Amateur equipment has no Certification<br></div><div dir="ltr"> (formerly type acceptance) except for commercial<br></div><div dir="ltr"> amplifiers/linears potentially capable of 11 meter frequency<br></div><div dir="ltr"> operation.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Previously managed a certification<br></div><div dir="ltr"> lab.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> -- <br></div><div dir="ltr"> Regards, Steve Noskowicz<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Science & Technical Advisor<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> --------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"> On Mon, 9/24/18, . <<a href="mailto:groups.0acf@headquarters.earth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">groups.0acf@headquarters.earth</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS on 70CM<br></div><div dir="ltr"> using a hundred "free" UHF radios<br></div><div dir="ltr"> To: "Tucson Amateur Packet Radio"<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <<a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"> Date: Monday, September 24, 2018, 2:11<br></div><div dir="ltr"> PM<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> Not intended to throw any cold water<br></div><div dir="ltr"> on this,<br></div><div dir="ltr"> but are there any restrictions that<br></div><div dir="ltr"> might exist in using<br></div><div dir="ltr"> these radios on amateur frequencies?<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> FCC Equipment Authorization (formerly<br></div><div dir="ltr"> known as Type Acceptance) is specific<br></div><div dir="ltr"> about what radio<br></div><div dir="ltr"> services a product is certified for<br></div><div dir="ltr"> use on, although there<br></div><div dir="ltr"> have been some exceptions for amateur<br></div><div dir="ltr"> use.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> Just something to double check.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> Jeff<br></div><div dir="ltr"> N5TEV<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> -------- Original Message --------<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Subject: [aprssig] APRS on 70CM using<br></div><div dir="ltr"> a<br></div><div dir="ltr"> hundred "free" UHF radios<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 8:50<br></div><div dir="ltr"> AM<br></div><div dir="ltr"> From: Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bruninga@usna.edu</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"> To: <a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> Apparently the Motorola VRM650 UHF<br></div><div dir="ltr"> data<br></div><div dir="ltr"> radio should be available for almost<br></div><div dir="ltr"> free by the hundreds.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> These are Motorola VRM650 modems<br></div><div dir="ltr"> which<br></div><div dir="ltr"> I think are a 40 Watt MCS2000 radio<br></div><div dir="ltr"> with a different<br></div><div dir="ltr"> faceplate and only a DB9 rs232 port.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> We need to figure out an APRS<br></div><div dir="ltr"> application and figure out how to use<br></div><div dir="ltr"> them.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> Apparently they are being forced out<br></div><div dir="ltr"> by<br></div><div dir="ltr"> FCC rules changes on the commercial<br></div><div dir="ltr"> bands.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> But we need someone that knows how<br></div><div dir="ltr"> they<br></div><div dir="ltr"> network together with data… AS-IS to<br></div><div dir="ltr"> see if we can use as<br></div><div dir="ltr"> is for some kind of Amateur Network.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> The first thing that comes to mind<br></div><div dir="ltr"> for<br></div><div dir="ltr"> me is to build the 2000 mile links<br></div><div dir="ltr"> along the Appalachians!<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> We test the path every year in the<br></div><div dir="ltr"> GOlden Packet Event: <a href="http://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> Here is the link on the above page to<br></div><div dir="ltr"> our dreams for an East Coast<br></div><div dir="ltr"> backbone.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="http://aprs.org/ec9600net.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://aprs.org/ec9600net.html</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> Bob, WB4APR<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr"> _______________________________________________<br></div><div 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