Yeah, I'd keep it to a minimum, just to demonstrate what it's like to the
people involved, but one has to be careful, as it will tempt people to get
the rig and study later. I could see young kids doing things like that a
lot, thinking it's a toy or something.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 12:51 PM
Subject: transmitting without a license was Re: concerns when transmitting
in a hospital


> 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
> : >
> :
>