[TheList] Pofung UV6 R Transceiver (Kevin Cosgrove)

Sun Dec 9 16:25:08 AEDT 2018

He should have purchased a Scanner if he wants we can swap.

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> -- I have just been given a Pofung UV6R Transceiver to program some fir and
> Ambulance freqs into.  He has obviously bought it from China.  Can this
> gear be just used as a scanner.  He just wants to listen tofire as he is
> involved as part of his work
> Can anyone help me with this
> Thanks
> Kevin Cosgrove
> Like Minds Like Mine
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> From: DogSecurity - Richard <richard at dogsecurity.co.nz>
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> If he's not a ham, technically he shouldn't have this in his possession.
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> It will RX ambulance nationwide except Wellington and Auckland Fire only.
>  Please note that from memory TX cannot be disabled on these, therefore he
> may accidentally bump the PTT, transmitting on the selected frequency.
> While he won't hit the repeater, he should be aware of this, and even
> though others won't hear, he's still illegally transmitting on a frequency
> and could be fined by RSM for this if he was to be investigated.
> Richard
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> On 9 December 2018 5:04:27 PM NZDT, Kevin Cosgrove <krcosgrove at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >-- I have just been given a Pofung UV6R Transceiver to program some fir
> >and
> >Ambulance freqs into.  He has obviously bought it from China.  Can this
> >gear be just used as a scanner.  He just wants to listen tofire as he
> >is
> >involved as part of his work
> >Can anyone help me with this
> >Thanks
> >Kevin Cosgrove
> >Like Minds Like Mine
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> From: Nick McEvoy <falcon5nz at hotmail.com>
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> It's physically possible, (just turn Tx off in CHIRP) but be aware that
> these have just been declared a Prohibited Item by RSM. $250 fine for the
> "...installation, use, offers of sale, sale, distribution, manufacture, or
> importation..." of them unless you are an authorised person (ham,
> basically) and my understanding is that the Act or Regulations deem you to
> have used it if you possess it. Depending on how the interpret
> "installation", you could possibly be on the hook as the programmer.
>
> Nick
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> On 9/12/2018 5:05 PM, Kevin Cosgrove <krcosgrove at gmail.com> wrote:
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> -- I have just been given a Pofung UV6R Transceiver to program some fir
> and Ambulance freqs into.  He has obviously bought it from China.  Can this
> gear be just used as a scanner.  He just wants to listen tofire as he is
> involved as part of his work
> Can anyone help me with this
> Thanks
> Kevin Cosgrove
> Like Minds Like Mine
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> From: Craig Molloy <phantomdb at gmail.com>
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> in theory you could program the tx to a PRS frequency as a safe guard, not
> ideal but sorta better than just putting the rx freq in the tx location.
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> On Sun, 9 Dec 2018, 18:09 DogSecurity - Richard <richard at dogsecurity.co.nz
> wrote:
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> > If he's not a ham, technically he shouldn't have this in his possession.
> >
> > It will RX ambulance nationwide except Wellington and Auckland Fire only.
> > Please note that from memory TX cannot be disabled on these, therefore he
> > may accidentally bump the PTT, transmitting on the selected frequency.
> > While he won't hit the repeater, he should be aware of this, and even
> > though others won't hear, he's still illegally transmitting on a
> frequency
> > and could be fined by RSM for this if he was to be investigated.
> > Richard
> > ------------------------------
> > Sent from a mobile device. Please excuse my brevity, punctuation and
> > spelling.
> >
> > On 9 December 2018 5:04:27 PM NZDT, Kevin Cosgrove <krcosgrove at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
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> >>
> >>
> >> -- I have just been given a Pofung UV6R Transceiver to program some fir
> >> and Ambulance freqs into.  He has obviously bought it from China.  Can
> this
> >> gear be just used as a scanner.  He just wants to listen tofire as he is
> >> involved as part of his work
> >> Can anyone help me with this
> >> Thanks
> >> Kevin Cosgrove
> >> Like Minds Like Mine
> >>
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