On Jan 11, 8:17*pm, wrote:
On Jan 11, 7:58*pm, Mike wrote:

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:30:47 -0500, wrote:

Some of us hams use radios that are WIDE OPEN!
Try talking to FEMA with FRS.

Which is illegal as your hammy radios are not FCC type accepted for
operation outside of the hammy bands.

okay. It's proof time for me.

I have an unmodified ham radio bought directly from a major ham store
brand new by me, which straight from the factory, can indeed transmit
on
some police channels.

You seem to claim it's illegal to even have such a radio since I'm not
licensed to transmit on police frequncies.

However, the FCC rules clearly say that I can transmit regular ham
radio on those exact same police frequencies even where the police can
hear me
doing so as long as I'm 1. transmitting from certain locations and 2.
not interfering with them (such as not transmitting over the polic
while they're talking, bt if they're quiet, it's okay for me to
transmit on the same channel).



However, there are hams who also work or volunteer in the emergency
response field who have "type accepted" equipment that is loaded with
both their local municipalities frequencies and ham radio frequencies,
and do legally use both sets of frequencies as necessary. *As long as
the equipment is type accepted and the user is authorized to use the
municipalities frequencies, there is no problem nor is it illegal.

DL.