Conexx 3300

I have the highest level of file encryption that comes with the MacBook Pro. But I'm sure the US Gov't could figure it out eventually. If I was that guy in that article I would wipe the computer clean and sell it because you don't know what They implanted in it! They are sneaky F*$#ers!

 

easier just to stay out of Canada in the first place
If they ask if you have a lap top just say no.

 

Then they search your truck and see it in the back... Not a good idea...

 

That does depend. So long as you STAY on 11 Meters, it's fine. However, there is an ongoing problem of truckers straying up into 28 Megahertz (10 Meters) by flipping the "band" switch for alleged "EXTRA" channels. It puts them right in the middle of the non-voice portion of that band. Tho licensed users, even the hams, are not permitted to talk there with voice modes. It is reserved for digital modes ONLY. Therefore, the illegal users and their voice operations (usually on AM) are easy to catch, and they DO get caught. Terminal Trucking and Swinton Trucking are the latest examples of which I am aware. A whole passel of drivers have been caught for doing this and were sent notices by FCC.

As WA4GCH said, the hams don't CARE so long as drivers stay OUT of 10 Meters with their illegal radios, nor interfere with their operations. Go ONTO 10 Meters without license, and it changes the whole picture; they WILL turn the matter over to Ms "Laura Smith, Special Counsel for Enforcement" at FCC. Note: From ARRL Letter.
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==>FCC WARNS ADDITIONAL TRUCKING FIRMS ABOUT UNLICENSED 10-METER OPERATION The FCC has issued warning notices to five more trucking companies asking them to respond to allegations that their drivers may have transmitted illegally on the 10-meter amateur band. The alleged violations, based on "information before the Commission" as opposed to FCC monitoring, are said to have occurred in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and California. "While many truckers use Citizens Band radio equipment, please be advised that operation of radio transmitting equipment without a license is a violation of Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934," FCC Special Counsel for Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth wrote the five firms in late August. The letters were made public September 18. Hollingsworth warned that violators, if caught and convicted, are subject to fines or prison time as well as seizure of their equipment. In three of the cases, the frequency involved was 28.085 MHz--in the CW band--while the other two cases cited transmissions on 28.215 MHz and 28.315 MHz. Hollingsworth asked Teaberry Trucking LLC, United Van Lines, Dowell Express Inc, Con-Way (CWX) Trucking and K&K Cartage to contact him to discuss the matter. In general, trucking company and courier services have responded promptly and positively to similar FCC warnings, indicating that they would warn drivers to refrain from unlicensed use of amateur frequencies. "UPS does not condone using any radio equipment that violates FCC rules," said a statement that went out to its drivers earlier this year after the FCC issued a Warning Notice to the package delivery service alleging unlicensed 10-meter operation. "Employees continuing to use radio equipment that violates FCC rules and UPS policy may be subject to appropriate disciplinary action along with fines or penalties owed to the FCC." UPS also admonished its drivers regarding the use of CB power amplifiers and transceivers capable of operation on both 10 and 11 meters. UPS said violating FCC rules also ignores the terms of its collective bargaining agreement with the Teamsters Union. A New Jersey trucking firm that received an FCC Warning Notice last spring promised to look into the allegations and "immediately remove all illegal equipment" from the truck in question. Gaffney, South Carolina, trucking company J Grady Randolph Inc wrote Hollingsworth earlier this year to say it had also received an anonymous report citing allegations similar to those in an FCC Warning Notice to the firm. Director of Human Resources and Safety W. O. Brown said Grady Randolph immediately advised all of its drivers that it is against the law to operate Amateur Radio equipment without a license. "We feel the problem with 10-meter radios is very widespread in this industry, since most truck stops have them for sale," Brown added. "We will continue to police our trucks in an attempt to prevent future incidents of such violations." While it's uncertain that these and similar admonitions have translated into fewer instances of alleged unlicensed operation on 10 meters by truckers, no further allegations have been raised involving operators of firms, such as UPS, that already have received FCC warning notices. (unquote)
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I know it may make some of us mad to even mention it, or object to "out-of-band" operations. However, the issue is here is NOT "hammys" worrying about what goes on ON the CB band, or objections raised about truckers using illegal equipment. It is about them showing up ON 10 Meters---even attempting to make "contacts" with the hams themselves. THAT makes 'em MAD because these people are not supposed to BE there in the first place. OTH, they don't CARE what the drivers do ON 11 Meters so long as they stay OFF the ham band and don't splatter them with crappy, over-modulated, over-powered radios.

That's all the hams are interested in.

GF

 

Its not "then" its "When" and traffic flow thru any of the major POI's
keeps that protocol extremely random.

 

Knowing my luck it would be me... I'm just saying...

 

folks alway look for things to fear

 

I just like to be mentally prepared, thats all...

 

Yeah . . . a few years ago the Lorena Bobbit virus got loose up there. Musta been one of those fugitives that snuck across with it on his laptop.

Scary virus. Turns your hard disk into a 3 1/2 inch floppy.

Ted

 

DANG ....