It would work like EVERYTHING else in the world works!!! am I the only one
realizing that

You can buy a diesel truck if you want to--but can't drive it unless you are
licenced. You can build/buy a car with a thousand-horsepower engine--but
have to be careful how fast you go on highways... You can buy a handgun and
use it to protect yourself--but suffer the wrath of "God" if you error...
You can buy poison--but can't poison your neighbor... you can buy razor
blades--but can't put them in the apples you handout at Halloween... you
can buy gasoline--but can't use it to burn down anothers property... you can
buy a car--but can't use it as a weapon and run down people on the street...

Yanno, they USED to teach this stuff in school!!!!

Warmest regards,
John
--
I AM ONE-IN-A-MILLION!!!!!
Too bad the other 999,999 got there first.. frown

"Gary S." Idontwantspam@net wrote in message
...
| On Sun, 8 May 2005 06:25:45 -0700, "John Smith"
| wrote:
|
| Russ:
|
| That is my point! Too many look at ham radio as "special" and
"separate."
|
| What I suggested was gov't, commercial and, yes, even CB in that
suggestion.
| I am just guessing, but you market to that wide a group and you are just
| bound to sell a dozen--or two! grin
|
| And, having the design so others can purchase rights (reasonably
charged!)
| to use "your case", then the innovation brought to the market by "the
many
| manufacturers" (and thousands of minds) gives your product real "SEX
| APPEAL!"
|
| Intriguing idea, but how would this work with varying licensing
| requirements on some of your proposed bands, maximum power
| differences, as well as the "type acceptance" or certification
| required for operation?
|
| Would changing cards within such a unit count as a mod, presently only
| allowed for licensed amateurs transmitting on amateur frequencies?
|
| You are on the right track as far as getting marketable numbers, but
| the rules are so different for the various bands you mention, I am not
| sure that can be resolved, even if all of the technical issues can be.
|
| Happy trails,
| Gary (net.yogi.bear)
| --
| At the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence
|
| Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
| Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom