Ham Radio and Schneider National

[kd5giv]

Hi,

Any hams on here that work as a company driver for Schneider and tried to put a ham radio in a truck? CB's are nice, but if I have the license already, why not use ham radio?

[david07003]

Ham radio rules!!!!!. CB is limited but has its place in trucking. Both are good and lend themselves very well for trucking. Do both.

[Carolina Thunder]

I know it's a no no with the FCC and it also gives the ham guys fits but i use a FT100-D that has been modified for use on 11 meters. It's an easy thing to do,just remove one jumper, reprogram the radio and your done. This way i only need one radio to talk on CH19 and if i want i can get down on the ham bands and talk all over the world!

If your up for this then just find a nice FT or Icom 706,do the little mod and you can have the best of both worlds.

[Brickhauler]

Not to sound dumb, but who makes the FT100-D? Sounds interesting I would like to find out more about it.

[Brickhauler]

I googled it, looks like a nice radio. You think it sounds better than a export type? I am more interested in clarity and sound quality than anything else.

[Gadfly]

Originally Posted by Carolina Thunder

I know it's a no no with the FCC and it also gives the ham guys fits but i use a FT100-D that has been modified for use on 11 meters. It's an easy thing to do,just remove one jumper, reprogram the radio and your done. This way i only need one radio to talk on CH19 and if i want i can get down on the ham bands and talk all over the world!

If your up for this then just find a nice FT or Icom 706,do the little mod and you can have the best of both worlds.

Um..................there's no FCC restriction on a REAL amateur radio in a truck or elsewhere. I think you are thinking of the so-called "10 Meter 'amateur' radios" that drivers put in trucks. These are the ones that look like a CB, have "all them 'extree' channels (that are illegal for non-licensed people to use, and have all the features that appeal to CBers. The "illegal" part of these is,

1. They are NOT approved by FCC for use ON the actual CB band.

2. They are not "certified" for such use and lack the necessary FCC approval number and sticker.

3. They are ILLEGAL to use on the actual 10(28 MHZ) Meter band or the 12 (24 MHZ) Meter bands as well BY unlicensed persons.

That's what I have been hollering about on here for years; truckers showing up in the 10 Meter band thinking they are on channel 19, but are actually "two clicks" UP from 11 Meters using the infernal "band" switch that lands them there.

They are not, however, expressly illegal to be used by LICENSED hams in a truck (tho I can't understand WHY hams would even WANT one of the blasted things considering there are MUCH better REAL amateur radios on the market). They are severely limited by the "channelization" that marks them as NOT a "ham" radio, but as a cheaply made CB, made to beep and squeek like a CB, have "bands" of channels that do NOT exist for CB (there are 40 channels, no more, no less), LOOK like a CB, and usually have only AM--which is the most primitive of the modulation methods. Hams often HATE them when they show up on 10 Meters operated by some clown that has NO idea what he's doing!!

Putting a REAL amateur transceiver (such as the IC706, FT-857D) in a truck is perfectly legal so long as it is operated according to Part 97, US Code. And, no, that does NOT include using it on 11 Meters.

GF

[josh.c]

Gadfly-if you read and comprehend Carolina Thunder's post, it's clear that FCC no-no he's referring to is using a non-approved unit (in this case it's a Yaesu) on 11m, not having a ham radio in a commercial vehicle. I've done a lot more reading than posting here, and I appreciate some of the information you've posted, (e.g., coax lengths) but these relentless attacks on the intelligence of CB users makes it hard to take you seriously. I don't ever say "them thar," and I spell and pronounce the word as "extra," not "extree." Would you like to make a real impact on illegal operations by CB users? Talk to us like people. Appeal to our better side instead of getting our defenses up by trying to degrade us. When you do give warnings, make sure they are relative to the subject at hand, and not a rant about general non-compliance, which is what you've done here(read twice-post once). You obviously have a lot of knowledge we can benefit from, and if you offer your advice in a constructive way, the level of respect we have for you will go up, making your warnings more likely to be heeded.

[Rat]

Originally Posted by josh.c

Gadfly-if you read and comprehend Carolina Thunder's post, it's clear that FCC no-no he's referring to is using a non-approved unit (in this case it's a Yaesu) on 11m, not having a ham radio in a commercial vehicle. I've done a lot more reading than posting here, and I appreciate some of the information you've posted, (e.g., coax lengths) but these relentless attacks on the intelligence of CB users makes it hard to take you seriously. I don't ever say "them thar," and I spell and pronounce the word as "extra," not "extree." Would you like to make a real impact on illegal operations by CB users? Talk to us like people. Appeal to our better side instead of getting our defenses up by trying to degrade us. When you do give warnings, make sure they are relative to the subject at hand, and not a rant about general non-compliance, which is what you've done here(read twice-post once). You obviously have a lot of knowledge we can benefit from, and if you offer your advice in a constructive way, the level of respect we have for you will go up, making your warnings more likely to be heeded.

Could not have said it any better. His antics are the reason why he is on my ignore list and the ignore lists of others. He goes on his banters and posts things that make all of use truck drivers seem like some back country inbreed types.

[Turbo-T]

Originally Posted by Rat

Could not have said it any better. His antics are the reason why he is on my ignore list and the ignore lists of others. He goes on his banters and posts things that make all of use truck drivers seem like some back country inbreed types.

Ditto. He does make a few good points here and there but a bulk of it is "you might be a redneck if you use a CB/10 meter radio/linear amplifier". Also not everyone who runs theses thinks they're above the law or (to quote Gafly) have "speshul rahts". Though I won't say there's not a few arrogant users out there.

[WA4GCH]

Both me and my brother own FT-100D's

This radio has problems on VHF/UHF with blowing finals and they cost $300.

AVOID this radio if you plan on using it on 2 or 440 .....

It is one heck of a radio on 10 and 6 meters ......