On Feb 2, 3:33 pm, "KE5MBX" wrote:

Well, the idea for emergencies is not so much the MURS as the police
frequencies. Thanks for your opinion.

Man, I'd stay away from that for sure. Messing around with the police
radio frequencies won't go over well and is sure to get you noticed.
Calling 911 is going to be more helpful in the face of a true
emergency, messing with a police repeater is only going to get folks
confused and delay getting you and others help.

In theory, you might be legal, but in practice you'd better be *sure*
there is a true emergency because you are surely going to have to
explain it to somebody. Don't do it...

If you are thinking "what about when the phones are down and I cannot
call 911?" then I'd say that disrupting the police for your own
"emergency" is even more problematic because there are likely many
folks in danger and your transmissions will only disrupt the whole
process.

Get an old cell phone and a car charger for it. Any cell phone that
has been "activated" sometime in the past can make calls to 911, even
if it has no service. Failing that, get out the repeater directory
and start calling on the nearest repeater you can hit.

-= Bob =-

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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KE5MBX wrote:
I agree on the MURS part after doing some reading. Seems to me though
that "you may use any means at your disposal in case of an emergency"
as the tech test says. I think you would even be legal in an
emergency.

I once ran out of gas on I10 in West Texas at night
during sub-freezing weather. After trying 146.52 for
about 20 minutes with no response, I considered that
to be enough of an emergency to tune my IC-706 to 4w
AM on the CB trucker's channel and ask for help.
A kind trucker gave me a lift to the next town and
another trucker gave me a lift back to my vehicle.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com


Actually, you used 4.2 watts, so it was illegal.



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"KC4UAI" wrote in message
ps.com...
On Jan 31, 7:58 pm, "KE5MBX" I agree on the
MURS part after doing some reading. Seems to me though
that "you may use any means at your disposal in case of an emergency"
as the tech test says. I think you would even be legal in an
emergency.


Yea, sorry I didn't make that clear... In a true emergency you would
be "legal".. But how I define a true emergency and how the FCC does
may be different and I don't intend to argue the point with them
unless it's *really* clear cut. (and I don't have a working cell phone
on my person at the time.)

Personally, I'd expect to get better results on 2 Meters than
expecting somebody on the MURS service to help. I'd also expect that
if you are in a location where nobody is listening to the repeaters,
nobody is going to be hearing you on MURS bands either. I just don't
see the purpose in doing the modification myself.

A more useful way to deal with this is to add more ham bands to your
mobile capabilities. 10 Meters, 6 Meters and 440 are all good mobile
options. That and a recent copy of the Repeater Directory will get
you more help in almost all cases I can think of.

-= bob =-

Cell phones work wonders also.



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U-Know-Who wrote:
Actually, you used 4.2 watts, so it was illegal.

Not illegal during an emergency.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com