Two-way radio

In Canada, under federal statute, Crimial Code "Color of Right" clause
superscedes Radio Communications Act, allowing for the use of the amateur
band radio in commerical frequencies in life threatening emergencies or to
stop the progression or repetition of an indicable offence. Simlar
provisions exist in US Law as well as the MARS/CAP provisions which give
broader powers to authorized users to use Amateur band typed equipment out
of band.

At any rate, the intent of this information is to factually inform and not
make any moral judgements on the use of the equipment. The radio does what
is listed below, the legalities of doing so are a separate issue.




"Gary S." Idontwantspam@net wrote in message
...
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 05:35:16 GMT, "Tom Sellers"
wrote:

Vertex (Yaesu) VX-150

Why is it best:

Price: Presently $199.00 in Canada.

Transmits a full 5 Watts of power with the AA cell pack - the rest do
not,
they only Tx at 2.5 watts on AA cells, you need to carry the NiCad pack
to
get 5 watts normally. With the VX150 you can carry it light without cells
and rob them from your headlamp, pieps GPS and digital camera if you need
to
use it.

Military spec.

Does not fall off through the band. We used it on packet at 174 mhz and
still got full power. The Kenwood does not do that.

Has SMA mount, more rugged than BN.

Not sure about US, but a dual/tri band is useless in Canada, all the
repeaters for Parks, CMH, most of the lodges, etc., are accessed via VHF,
they only trunk via UHF. Single band uses less battery power. The ACMG
guides all use VHF.

It is a very nice unit for licensed hams for the reasons above, and
the 2M band is used in both the US and Canada, with many repeaters
available.

Various business and public service frequencies are on other parts of
the 2M band.

It has wide receive, but you CANNOT transmit legally on any of the
frequencies outside the amateur band. You are not licensed, and your
gear is not type accepted.

While limited exceptions exist in emergencies, you could still be in
trouble.

While modificiations may exist to so do, the reliability is
questionable and the legality is zero.
Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
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