[Elecraft] CB band TX? - I'm shocked!

[Kevin Cozens]

Fred (FL) wrote:
> Simple - it is illegal. You cannot use a HF ham
> rig to work in the marine bands, to work in the
> CB bands.

Is this spelled out in the rules or is this from an interpretation of the 
rules? AFAIK, the issue with ham transmitters and CB radio is one of maximum 
output power.

The solution seems a simple one. Allow transmit on the CB/marine band but, 
while tuned to those frequencies, the power output would be restricted to no 
more than the maximum allowed for that band. There could even be a menu entry 
that would completely disable Tx on the CB/marine band for those people 
worried about accidentally transmitting on the band.

As long as you had the proper authorization (ie. needed licence) for the band, 
you would be good to go and would be operating within the legal limits for the 
band.

-- 
Cheers!

Kevin.

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