It's illegal to transmit without a license. If you let someone else who is
not a ham use your radio, you must be present and you must make it known you
are controlling the situation.
Once, a man wanted to buy a ham radio but he didn't have a license. He
wanted me to tell him what radio to buy. I answered I wouldn't recommend
any radio until he obtained a license. He wasn't even studying to get a
license! He was sighted, too, so sight had nothing to do with his laziness.
I knew a ham whose 5-year-old son, without Daddy's permission or knowledge,
turned on Daddy's radio to a 2 meter repeater and started talking to the
hams. He used Daddy's call sign! When the hams reported to Daddy what his
son was doing, he was embarrassed and he took necessary disciplinary steps.
This happened many years ago and the family has long since moved from the
area.
The ham made it clear he didn't want to discourage his son from being
interested in ham radio but he would not allow his son to operate illegally.
I think allowing unlicensed people to use a radio for long periods of time
is encouraging the illegal use of ham radio.
Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Harding" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: concerns when transmitting in a hospital
: Isn't it illegal for unlicensed people to transmit period? I know of a
: friend that wants to play with irlp, and he says he's buying a radio like
: mine, no license though. I don't like the idea much, but I don't want him
: using my call on the air, especially on a repeater.
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
: To: <[log in to unmask]>
: Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:37 PM
: Subject: Re: concerns when transmitting in a hospital
:
:
: > Thanks, I had one patient who liked the DTMF pad so I picked an unused
439
: > MHz freq and reduced power and went simplex and IDED and let him play
with
: > the HT. He doesn't talk much, and usually when he is there he pretty
much
: > keeps himself entertained. I can't operate all the time either as I am
: > handing out other supplies and making sure that people don't get in each
: > other's skin. I'm sad to say though that the Braille cards aren't as
much
: > as a hit as me and the supervisor thought, but I am working on getting
: some
: > Braille books and materials and have already contacted an organization.
: > I had to worry about transmitting like this a couple of years ago
when
: > my step grandfather had a pacemaker implanted, but all bands were no
: > problem.
: > ----- Original Message -----
: > From: <[log in to unmask]>
: > To: <[log in to unmask]>
: > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 2:32 PM
: > Subject: Re: concerns when transmitting in a hospital
: >
: >
: > > Generally transmitting below 1 gig shouldn't be a problem. An ht
should
: > be
: > > fine. Many hospitals have repeaters and some even have hf systems on
: site
: > for
: > > patients. If the hospital does a lot of abr, eeg, eng, or similar
work
: > they may
: > > need to limit transmitting but generally 440 and below is fine,
: especially
: > for
: > > an ht. It is definitely a good idea to check with someone. Probably
: the
: > best
: > > people to ask are the folks in the repair shop who work on hospital
: > equipment.
: > > A good rule is don't transmit near surgery, labs, or diagnostic areas
of
: > the
: > > hospital. I'd also not transmit near icu or ccu but other than those
: > common
: > > sense sorts of things you should be fine.
: > >
: > > Tom
: > >
: > >
: > > Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
: > > web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
: >
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