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Federal law, in the form of FCC regulations, make "ham" radio (otherwise known as the "Amateur Radio Service) a Primary radio service on most of the frequencies that "hams" are licensed to operate on.
A BPL installation (part 15 of the rules governing unlicensed low power transmissions) cannot cause interference on these frequencies. If it does, the FCC first expects the operators of the BPL system to take whatever steps are required to end the interference and, if they cant, they will be forced to cease operation. This is the law and the public safety and business band users have the same rights as primary users of their licensed frequencies.
You can make dumbassed comments about geek speak if you like, but that just shows your ignorance about a subject you shouldn't be popping off about to begin with and you should be embarrassed.
Comes the time YOU have a tornado, disaster, earthquake, etc and your local government is paralyzed because their multi million dollar trunked system that they made you pay for (never mind that they had a perfectly useable and dependable VHF system), fails.
Then you'll be damn glad that the "Hams" are around, because they will be the only ones who can get you help or info. This is why Congress has mandated the FCC to treat Amateur Radio as a Homeland Security resource.
And, the "Hams" VOLUNTEER to do this. It's one thing to be ignorant and babble, it's quite another to take the time to know what you are talking about and get off your ass and help when the chips are down. |
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| said by Fatal Vector:You can make dumbassed comments about geek speak if you like, but that just shows your ignorance about a subject you shouldn't be popping off about to begin with and you should be embarrassed. Comes the time YOU have a tornado, disaster, earthquake, etc and your local government is paralyzed because their multi million dollar trunked system that they made you pay for (never mind that they had a perfectly useable and dependable VHF system), fails. Then you'll be damn glad that the "Hams" are around, because they will be the only ones who can get you help or info. This is why Congress has mandated the FCC to treat Amateur Radio as a Homeland Security resource. And, the "Hams" VOLUNTEER to do this. It's one thing to be ignorant and babble, it's quite another to take the time to know what you are talking about and get off your ass and help when the chips are down. Well put. |
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 SlidetboneMazin GoPremium
join:2002-11-10
Land O Lakes, FL | reply to Fatal Vector
Roger that! |
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 Rogue WolfAte Your Homework, And Framed The Dog
join:2003-08-12
Troy, NY | reply to Fatal Vector
You're introducing facts and reason into a heated argument! Is that ALLOWED?!
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 Michieru2zzz zzz zzzPremium
join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL | A couple more posts like that from Fatal Vector and we would have a revolution in DSLR. |
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