[ARRL-OK] Enforcement

[Lloyd Colston]

>From Amateur Radio Newsline:

ENFORCEMENT:  YOU CANT USE THOSE RADIOS ON FIRE CHANNELS
 
Back on this side of the Atlantic, the FCC has told a fire department 
to stop using illegally modified ham radio gear.  The FCC's Daryl 
Duckworth, NN0W, explains:
 
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Duckworth:  "The Enforcement Bureau has notified the Bon Secour Fire 
and Rescue Department in Alabama that the Amateur equipment they were 
using was contrary to Commission rules because it had been modified to 
operate on Public Safety frequencies.  The letter referred to several 
Icom IC-V8 handie talkies."
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The note went to Karl Bingert who is the Chief Bon Secour Fire & 
Rescue Department.  It told him that the use of Amateur Radio units of 
any kind, modified to operate on its frequencies, is  against the 
Commission's rules and would result in enforcement action by the FCC. 
(FCC, RAIN)
 
The only exception I know of this rule against using Amateur Radio
equipment on channels outside the amateur radio bands is in the case of
the Military Affiliate Radio System.

Let me know how more I can help.

Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.geocities.com/mccem
Be caught watching.  Otherwise, you are just caught.