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Sat Dec 18 07:11:35 AEDT 2010

Hi Kiely,

I'm not pulling it apart to disable something that was enabled when I 
received it. There are warranty issues if I did.

I'm not foolish enough to operate it out of band... unless of course it 
was required in a genuine emergency scenario.

However, I will say to the many Amateurs who may have operated their 
equipment out of band on CDEM frequencies, you walk a dangerous path. I 
have commercial equipment available to me for those bands should I need it.

Mine is used (receive only) out of band on a regular basis, but 
definitely not for transmitting.

I'm betting you have at least 1 rig capable of transmitting out of band too.

Regards,

Neill.

On 18/12/2010 8:16 a.m., dazzie wrote:
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> If you think just having it and not using its ok...
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> You will like this one.....  :)
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> Kiely
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> ENFORCEMENT:  BRUNAI HOLDS ROADBLOCK TO CATCH UNLICENSED OPS
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> Unlicensed mobile radio operators in Brunai, some of whom are hams with
> expired licenses but still on the air have felt the sting of that
> nations government enforcement. This, when several of them were caught
> in a good old fashioned roadblock on December 6th.
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> The roadblock was a joint operation conducted by the Authority for
> Information Communications Technology and the Sengkurong (SEN CURE ONG)
> Police Station.  In only two hour time, all vehicles with an outside
> antenna mounted to it were stopped and inspected.  Several were found
> to contain radio gear capable of operation between 137 to 174 megahertz
> which with the exception of 144 to 148 megahertz are supposed to be
> blocked from use.
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> The operation was part of an awareness campaign to urge operators to
> obtain ham radio licenses and confine their operation to within the
> confines of the amateur radio bands. Also, to avoid the possibility of
> a fine of up to $10,000 and /or three years in jail.  The ventire story
> is on-line at tinyurl.com/brunai  (Borneo Bulletin)
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> On 17-Dec-10 8:47 PM, Neill Ellis wrote:
>> I haven't touched it. It was brand new supplied by Icom NZ like that.
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>> It's not illegal to posses, just illegal to operate... Except in a
>> genuine emergency :-)
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>> I'll bet if all hams were audited at least 75% would have gear capable
>> of operating out of band.
>>
>> Fact of life, unfortunately.
>>
>> Hows things with Kordia these days anyway? You still there?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Neill.
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