Ah ok.
> I sort of thought that since home brew equipment was not required to be
> type accepted, that if you were allowed to use home brew equipment on the
> air, that you could also use any radio equipment that was manufactured
> without needing type acceptance on it.
> I suppose that might be a grey area in the regs, but I don't know the US
> regs well enough to comment.
> The Puxing adds on ebay claim FCC approval, but I can say the world is
flat
> too.
> Personally I don't care what is used on air, as long as it meets minimum
> technical standards of deviation, band width and audio quality.
> And hey, for $50 canadian, it might be worth checking out.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:20 PM
> Subject: Re: puxing ht
>
>
> > Actually, if I remember right, if it's not type excepted here in the US,
> you
> > can lose your license completely, it doesn't matter what class it is,
you
> > can't use it at all. Not really sure on that however, but I wouldn't
> chance
> > it.
> > Chris, w8cjs
> > web site
> > http://www.w8cjs.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 6:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: puxing ht
> >
> >
> > > ah yes, there are a few chinese manufactuers putting out both amateur
> and
> > > camercial clones.
> > > Most of them are motorola , icom or kenwood clones of popular radios.
> > > They are generally speaking pretty dead on as far as components goes.
> > > Just remember, most of the chinese brand ssold on ebay are not type
> > > excepted
> > > in the US or canada.
> > > For either the amateur rigs or the camercial radios.
> > > They are very very cheap and seemingly near enough to the original to
be
> > > reliable.
> > > However, using one in the amateur service may be acceptible under the
> > > regulations surrounding the use of non-type excepted equipment in said
> > > service...I know in canada, you must be an advanced class license
holder
> > > to
> > > operate non-type accepted equipment...the same is likely true in the
US,
> > > you
> > > must be an extra to use non-type accepted equipment, or, what is also
> > > considered home brew.
> > > If you use one of the camercial radios made by the chinese in either
the
> > > amateur or camercial bands, it would certainly be quite illegal due to
> its
> > > non-type-accepted status.
> > >
> > > Just my two sents worth, and I may check into one of these rigs just
for
> > > the
> > > fun of it.
> > > A few years ago, I perchassed a camercial band 450-470MHZ Micro HT for
> > > like
> > > $70 and it works like a charm for FRS/GMRS frequencies....although, it
> is
> > > probably well outside of regulations for any use in canada.
> > > The same company had many other HT's which were kenwood clones and
very
> > > cheap.
> > >
> > > 73
> > > Colin, V A6BKX
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:29 PM
> > > Subject: puxing ht
> > >
> > >
> > >> The link he sent is no longer good, but if you go to e-bay and put in
> > >> puxing or puxing px-777 in the search field you'll find it. Ships
from
> > >> hong Kong. cost is around $49.00 plus $35 or so for shipping. They
> make
> > >> a 2 meter version as well.
> > >> 73s
> > >> Butch Bussen
> > >> wa0vjr
> > >>
> > >>
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