[Elecraft] KPA 500 Codan Envoy

[Bill Steffey NY9H]

maybe the real questions are     will the KPA500 work withan ALE 
requirement????

Band jumping and other cool stuff are essential for  ALE.

On 6/29/2020 11:52 AM, Mark Goldberg wrote:
> I think as a Ham, you can use anything you want on the Ham bands. As a
> manufacturer to sell it, it may need type acceptance for the service
> it is intended to be used in.
>
> Lots of people use aviation HF rigs on the Ham bands and you can use
> an amp that works on 11M or with more than the allowable gain. A
> manufacturer can't sell that for use in the Ham bands, but an
> individual Ham can use anything as long as it is operated within the
> regulations. I know a friend that has a huge amplifier capable of
> maybe 10kW. He got a visit from the FCC (long ago, don't think they
> care now). He showed them how it was correctly operated within the
> regs and how he had the ability to measure it and assure it was. The
> FCC guy wished him a good day.
>
> Other services where the operator is not technical and has not passed
> a technical exam require radios type accepted for that service as I
> understand things.
>
> 73,
>
> Mark
> W7MLG
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 7:47 AM Lyn Norstad <Lyn at lnainc.com> wrote:
>> Maybe Bob wants to use the Envoy 2 on the ham bands.  I'm not familiar with
>> the Codan line of military/business transceivers, but I see that model does
>> have transmit coverage from 1.6 to 30 MHz.
>>
>> Perhaps the real question is whether it would be legal to use that rig on
>> the ham bands.  Since it can apparently cover the 160 - 10m bands without
>> modification, wouldn't it need to be type accepted?
>>
>> 73
>> Lyn, W0LEN
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mark Goldberg
>> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 9:09 AM
>> To: Bob Morgan
>> Cc: Elecraft Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500 Codan Envoy
>>
>> That is not a Ham radio. Is it legal to use an amplifier type accepted
>> for Ham radio for other services?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Mark
>> W7MLG
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 6:49 AM Bob Morgan <dc10bobmorgan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I would like to know if any in the group has used the KPA 500 with a Codan
>>> Envoy 2. Any help would be much appreciated.
>>> Bob Morgan
>>> KJ4SV
>>> 865 207 9568
>>>
>>>
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