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.

I have a ham radio I bought at the ham store that came directly from
the manufacturer which can transmit on the police channels without
any
modification at all.

And yes, it was manufactured by a major ham radio manufacturer, not by
some fly-by-night company.

And it is FCC type accepted.

However, I do not transmit on the police channels.

I definitely don't want to lose my liceense.

Nor end up in jail.

I'm not rich.

Even the "small" amount to take the tests is a "big" amount for me.

The problem is I have now read that it is illegal to even have a radio
that is capable of transmitting on police channels.

Since my radio is capable of transmitting on some police channels, is
it an illegal radio or not?

Looking at the FCC rules, it isn't.

And I can prove that.