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Old January 7th 13, 07:23 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Instead of telling you how stupid your question is - I will refer you to
the FCC web site - Part 97.....

Part 97 says - no unauthroized transmissions - hence if you cannot ID
your signal, you cannot transmit anywhere except 11 meters.
11 meters you are limited to no more then 3 watts AM or 12 watts PEP
SSB..
No digital modes and no repeaters on 11 meters.


11 meters has nothing what so ever to do with the question.

There are many ways to ID a signal, and "unauthorized transmissions" has
little to noting to do with IDing.

Second off - if licensed as an amateur - you have to follow the band
plan.


No, you don't; band plans are voluntary.

You have to follow the FCC frequency allocations.

You can't just pick a frequency that sounds quiet and start operating.
One amateur recently was fined for operating on 350 Mhz band, I think
his fine was around $12,000.00


Irrelevant.

Microwave ovens operate at 2.45 GHz.

There is an amateur band at 2.39 to 2.45 GHz. One should probably
force the frequency down a little to be safe.

Third - you would need to limit your transmit power to no more then 1500
watts PEP, and you would have to have the equipment no only to measure
the transmit power, but also to do a field survey - since if you had
neighbors, you would have to test the exposure limits in the
neighborhood.


Not quite.

First, there are few, if any, microwave magnetrons capable of 1.5 KW so
the requirement to measure output is moot; just pick one that puts out
less than 1.5 Kw.

Second, a field survey is not appropriate nor needed for a directional
antenna pointing into the sky.

Your records would have to be kept of when you operated and available
for review by the FCC - should they come knocking on your door.


Nonsense; the US requirement for ham logging went away a long time ago.

Most of the band specturm is being used for one thing or another and
just because you think that it is high enough that no one would hear
you, doesn't mean that someone isn't using it for something legally /
commercially..


Again, nonsense as there is a ham band where microwave oven magnetrons
operate.

http://www.arrl.org/part-97-amateur-radio

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/p...3-allochrt.pdf


Read your own links and note the 2.39 to 2.45 GHz ham band.


Just a NOTE he Channel Jumper is an Idiot... all should know this
right off....

The CW Power of a Microwave Magnitron is measured In Watts, and if you
PULSE that Magnitron by sending your ID in Morse Code, and then average
the Pulses over Time, you reduce the actual ERP by the Duty Cycle, which
figures into the Legal Power Output. Just keep the emissions within the
2.4 Ghz Ham Band and with a Tech or higher Class License your all set.

I mean Duh.... this should be self-evident to ANY Ham who can read
english and googled CFR47Part97....
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If a person cannot read the answer, then when they become combative, they tend to drift off the subject with their own axe to grind.

If you can get someone to read this to him, the only place other then 11 meters where a person can operate without a license is FRS - which allows one half of one watt of transmit power....

A Band Plan - be it FCC - which I posted or ARRL is one in the same.
ARRL band plan tends to just show Amateur Frequencies - since that is all that amateurs are concerned with....

Maybe you never heard of a pink slip - operate sometime on the CW portion in SSB Phone or AM and see how long you can operate before someone gives you heck...

Do it on a continous basis - and see how long you can operate before you get a pink slip...
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"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
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There might be a number of technical resons it may or may not work.

+1
For your information with an ordinary S Band radar:
1000KW peak power into a 35 db antenna and about 1Mhz bandwith
You DONT receive echoes from the moon.
Very small bandwith is the key of success and magnetron is definitely
not a good choice.



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On 1/5/2013 6:02 AM, JIMMIE wrote:
The beer got flowing the other day and some of my friends and I got to BSing about the possibility of transmitting a microwave pulse and reciving it reflected off the moon. Plans are to use a microwave oven magnetron for the transmitter. We were wondering if this would be legal.


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