Craig VK3HE wrote; >> Whats also concerning is that this decision has been made only from the perspective >> of US laws not even taking into consideration the international market.
US hams seems to have an interesting relationship with CB, dating back to the time when FCC took the 27MHz band out of the 10 meters ham band to create CB. Often when I read posts by US ham ops about CB I sense a lot of controversy. In Europe the attitude among the ham community and authorities to CB is more relaxed. As a matter of fact, SM authorities have taken away the license obligation recently and re-introduced AM and SSB modes in an effort to stimulate the usage of the band. In my opinion it is really simple, if the radio has the capability and the user is allowed ownership why should the manufacturer restrict the capability? It doesn't make sense! In the free world, it is the user's responsibility to comply with his or hers license. Just my 2 (euro) cents, Merry Xmas! 73 de Björn /SM0MDG _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
