[Elecraft] Out of Band Xmit

[Don Wilhelm]

Chris,

That would be 'nice', but consider that not only the band limits of the 
various countries is involved, but domestically, the "band limits" 
depend on the operator's license class.  Should this be extended to 
include the CW band limits for Technician hams, phone bands and CW bands 
for General Class, and full band coverage for Extra class licensees?

As I see it, the request becomes complex.  It is incumbent on any 
operator to restrict his/her operation to the frequencies limited by 
their country and their license class.

Yes, such limits are possible.  Elecraft sends a special file for those 
countries that require that the transmissions be locked down to the 
limits of that country.  In countries that do not require that 
'lock-down', it is up to the operator to stay within the bounds 
permitted by the license.

I think we enjoy that freedom of self policing here in the US and many 
other countries.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/19/2013 11:37 PM, Chris Johnson wrote:
> I can appreciate that.  And I would not want it to delay other features.   But to compare to other radios,  most are inverted in this operating method.   They are locked into bands of their localization and require either modification or proof of MARS license to open it.    I'm not for locking it down either, and would be satisfied with band edge beeps.   I have a blind ham that uses this radio quite a bit, and it would be optimize his operation of the radio.   He is always having it announce VFO location because of the radio's "openness" to be extra careful.
>
> Chris
> K6OZY
>
> On Aug 19, 2013, at 8:14 PM, Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org> wrote:
>
>> "Out of band" means different things in each of more than a hundred countries, so it is a lot of work to put that in firmware. Handy, but very tedious, and it would probably delay other features.
>>
>> I wouldn't mind band edge beeps myself, I am a bit absent-minded about that.
>>
>> wunder
>> K6WRU
>>
>> On Aug 19, 2013, at 7:44 PM, Chris Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> I didn't ask to be taught how to operate.  I didn't criticize that it CAN transmit out of band, or that it was a bad thing.  I understand the uses for xmitting out of band.  I asked if there was a feature to lock it into ham bands that can be OPTIONALLY enabled.
>>>
>>> Get off your high horse.
>>>
>>> On Aug 19, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Richard Neese <kb3vgw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I believe thats so people who do MARS work can operate...... learn to monitor yourself thats part of being a ham...
>>>>
>>>> Locking the firmware would be wrong. this is not just a ham transceiver..... its a full op transceiver..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> R.Neese
>>>> KB3VGW
>>>>
>>
>>
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