[Mobile-Portable] Vehicles and EMI

[D C Macdonald]

I'd say "buy American" but the BMW X5
is "assembled" in the USA.

Mac, K2GKK/5


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From: Mark Schoonover <schoon at amgt.com>
Reply-To: Mobile-Portable Reflector <mobile-portable at mailman.qth.net>
To: 'Mobile-Portable Reflector' <mobile-portable at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: RE: [Mobile-Portable] Vehicles and EMI
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:09:08 -0800

Dallas & Pamela Peak, MDs wrote:

 > My BMW X5 has a sticker on the driver's windshield warning against
 > the use of a ham radio, cb or non BMW-approved cell phone with the
 > risk of voiding the warranty.
 >
 > Do other vehicles have this type of sticker posted? Does anyone know
 > of a case where problems occurred?
 >

Not in my Dodge. It clearly states in the manual that you can have radios
installed, as long as the antenna is matched properly and has low SWR.
Personally, if I saw a sticker like that in any car that I was about to
purchase, I wouldn't buy it.

73

.mark

KA6WKE

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