Topband: Fishing beacons redux

Tom W8JI w8ji at w8ji.com
Tue Oct 2 14:55:48 EDT 2012


l,
> 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.  >>

I don't know what Japanese rules are for manufactured products. Maybe some 
of our Japanese topband operators know, or can influence the company to 
program out 160 meters. The company engineers might not know the regulations 
changed. 



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