Topband: Fishing beacons redux

[Mike Armstrong]

Tom and all, 
I searched for the company name on those photos and it is a Japanese company that makes those models and many others.  The one in the pix that were put up are fairly sophisticated and they operate "1600-3000 khz."  So, apparently the Japanese are selling them here and they are being programmed to operate.... "Wherever" in that range..... I would think that these would be a type accepted item and that the ham portion of that range would be locked out.  

By the way..... They are 9 watt transmitters in that model..... Boy they make alot of noise for 9 watts..... Oh, and the listed "range" was like 100 miles..... Uhhhh, guys, you might want to alter that statement...... LOL

Mike AB7ZU

Kuhi no ka lima, hele no ka maka

On Oct 2, 2012, at 7:36, "Tom W8JI" <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:

>> Guys, there is alot more circuitry in that buoy than a simple dumb transmitter.
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> If those are claimed to be a crystal control simple dumb transmitter, they are not.
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> The pictures they have posted are of synthesized transmitter frequency remote programmable transmitters, just like the link I posted. They have multi-tone controlled receiver inside on the marine 2.3 MHz band.
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