[TheList] MED newsletter

Sat Dec 18 15:14:34 AEDT 2010


Neill I got your off list email (just thought I'll reply here just in 
case others see it the way you seen it)and I can see why you don't like 
the tone of my email


there should have been a , in there

do I use them out of band like you, no


In no way was I suggesting that you used any radio gear out in band


Sorry for any stress cause by my miss spelling/grammar


Kiely


On 18-Dec-10 11:21 AM, Neill Ellis wrote:
> Kiely,
>
> For a fact. I have commercial transceivers available to me should I ever
> need to transmit on any of the commercial frequencies.
>
> My dual bander is used out of band only as a receiver! That is not illegal!
>
> I do not operate transceiver equipment on commercial frequencies that
> are not type approved.
>
> I am a MED RSM Approved Radio Certifier (ARC117) for heavens sake, to do
> so would be commercial suicide.
>
> Neill.
>
>
>
> On 18/12/2010 10:02 a.m., dazzie wrote:
>>
>> You may have read too much it to my last email...
>>
>>
>> yep I have some radios that will go out of band and like yours thats
>> how they came from the export supplier.
>>
>>
>> Do I use them out of band like you no.
>>
>>
>> No need there's no one to TX to anyway :)
>>
>>
>>
>> When I saw that press release I was think how easy it seem.
>>
>>
>>
>> Would to know if any one on this list had ever used a radio that was
>> "out of band" in a genuine emergency scenario
>>
>>
>>
>> Kiely
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 18-Dec-10 9:11 AM, Neill Ellis wrote:
>>> 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.