The rules state the equipment should be capable of such communications- it
does not state a minimum distance.
What I quoted is directly from the rules. I was just able to pull the rules
up. The first link to the pdf of the rules does work. The one on the bottom
of the page does not. This is because of the network outage we are
currently experiencing.
On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 3:32 PM Alan Larson <wa6azp@gmail.com> wrote:
> Paul Bourque "is quoted as writing:
>
> "All equipment SHOULD be capable of communications at a range of at
> least 5 km." What we're essentially trying to prevent is having
> stations work each other from across the parking lot using 500 mw
> exciters or radios connected to dummy loads, and essentially
> fabricating contacts. If you happen to work a close by station with
> radios that are capable of longer range communications, have at it.
>
> When this was first mentioned, I went and looked at the complete
> rules, and indeed it specified a minimum distance for contacts of 5
> km. Perhaps if they didn't mean to require a minimum distance for a
> contact, they should not have put it in the rules. ( Yes, the grid
> square doesn't verify the distance as greater than 5 km, but it
> doesn't verify the power limits, either. We are expected to be on our
> honor to follow the rules. )
>
> I went back to look at that rule to quote it here, as the page
> https://www.arrl.org/june-vhf had a link to the full .pdf of the
> rules, but that link apparently has broken in the last 24 hours. It
> was there, now it isn't. I did notice that
> https://www.arrl.org/june-vhf mentions only the addition of two
> bands to the FM category, but not this rule change. I don't know what
> other rule changes were not mentioned there.
>
> Another observation on Paul's comment - radios connected to dummy
> loads may only get across the parking lot, but 500 mw exciters with a
> quarter wave of wire sticking out will clearly get more than 5 km.
> Look on youtube for people doing 30+ miles with 500 mw PMR radios.
>
> Alan
>
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