[ICOM] PRO III

[David Nagel]

Mac

If the members leave the program as you say remember the problem does not stem from the program but with Congress and it's attempt to raise money by selling rights to radio spectrum. This required NTIA to refarm the governmental radio spectrum users into a much smaller space. To do this they had to require more efficient radios that would not interfere with each other. Remember HF signals  travel and may be detected and cause interference or be interfered with at a great distance. Not likely I know but the government doesn't deal with not likelies.
I don't like it any more than anyone else. I have 5 formerly compliant HF radios of which only one is still compliant, Yaesu FT-817. Want to buy a Kenwood mobile HF cheap?

Dave Nagel

D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote: It will be interesting to see how many MARS, CAP,
and USCGAux members just say "to heck with it"
and leave their respective programs as a result of
these changes.

Betcha the "law of unintended consequences"
rears it always ugly head!

73 - Mac, K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City, OK



----Original Message Follows----
From: David Nagel 
Reply-To: ICOM Reflector 
To: ICOM Reflector 
Subject: RE: [ICOM] PRO III
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 06:27:23 -0800 (PST)

Adam;

If you go to < https://ntc.cap.af.mil/comm/equipment/equipment.cfm > you can 
view all the compliant radios useable in CAP and the reason for the 
noncompliance of the formerly compliant ones.
.
Basically the change that killed ham radio in CAP was the "TX unwanted 
emissions".
The new specification is: 43+10log(Px) or 5 watts = 49.98dB, 50 w = 59.98dB, 
100 w = 63dB, 125 w = 63.9dB

Icom specifies 40dB at 100 watts. However if you limit the TX to 5 watts the 
radio is in compliance. The limitation is most likely of no consequence but 
still a limitation and places the radios in the noncompliant box.

If you are in CAP you will have to wait until next year (2008) when e are 
scheduled to receive Motorola Micom II HF stations in quantity. Until then 
good luck.

Dave Nagel
INWG/Group North DC
RF 41


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