Fishy Ebay situation about Ranger 2950...

i would just send his emails to the spam folder and leave it at that, i learned along time ago to trust your gut.

 

Relist it. If it gets pulled again, tell Ebay that you are being harassed by someone wanting you to sell to them off auction.

Provided you do have a ham license, be sure to tell them you have one, give your call, and be sure to state that these radios are legal for use on the ham bands. And whatever you do, do NOT mention CB in your ad!

 

If you relist be sure to show in a pic a 10m frequency on the radio's digital display..

 

If i'm not mistaken,,,and I'm not..."any signal legaly sent, may be legaly recieved by anyone." This is a rough quote from the fcc rulebook.
This is also why radar detectors are legal. FMCSA and other agencys make them illegal in a CMV, but not the fcc.

This is also why my linear amp connected to my CB is perfectly legal, as long as I don't transmit. For the record "I only use the pre-amp for recieving officer!"

Only way anyone could charge you with anything is if they could prove that you transmitted with an illegal transmitter.
How someone uses that radio is up to them. I'm not a lawyer but you haven't commited any crime offering that radio for sale.

Like was said above,,,I'd complain to ebay about this creep, you can get with your email server and have him blocked, or mark his mails as "spam" & you'll never hear from him again.

 

Corn Field,
Looks like you got caught in a sorta double trap by an opportunistic eBay sniper: first he ratted you out to eBay for listing an item that is in violation of their policy for radio gear, and *then* he followed up with the off-auction "offer".
I'd do the steps listed above by others, starting with reporting him to eBay as harassing you. Then relist the radio, with a pic showing a valid 10 meter freq between 28.300 and 28.500 on the display (unless it's capable of CW -- I dunno). In your new ad, say only that it is a 10 meter (or 10 and 12? Again, I dunno) *amateur* radio. If you wanted to risk limiting your pool of potential buyers, you could even say that you'll only sell to licensed ham ops, details to be worked out via emails, etc. That way you can still sell to whomever you want.

One other thing about your ad may get it pulled anyway, and that's because the model number is widely perceived as an "illegal CB" and therefore unlawful for operation by *anyone* in the U.S. "Spirited discourse", rife with opinions, has ensued on the forum by people without law degrees. So I wrote to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau for a definitive answer about both that question and about continued use of the older 23 channel "Type Accepted" CBs that may no longer be manufactured. It took two weeks to hear that 23 channel rigs are still OK to use -- yippee.

The first answer I got to my answer about licensed hams using the so-called illegal CB radios on ham freqs came back with an insubstantial answer, so I resubmitted it with different wording, and I do not as yet have a "good" answer. As soon as I do, however, I'll make good on my promise I made to publish their answer.

In the meantime, though, eBay does seem to be pretty sticky about erring on the side of caution, and an awful lot of Connex and Ranger radio listings seem to disappear. I tried to sell a 2510 a couple of years ago; the ad lasted two days until I was told it was in violation. I sold it at a hamfest instead.

@twolane:
I believe you are incorrect about not being incorrect. The FCC has pretty broad enforcement powers, and their Administrative Law Judges have, as I understand it, the same level of sentencing power (that's probably the wrong term) as a Federal Appeals Court Judge. There are many things which, although legally transmitted, are unlawful to receive. Some examples are:
cordless telephones; cellular telephones, whether analog or digital; paging signals; mobile telephones (besides cellular, like MTS/IMTS); any scrambled/encrypted transmission.
You're allowed to have a scanner that will receive pretty advanced transmission protocols, like P25 digital or LTR trunking, as long as they're not scrambled on top of it.
The "sorta-test" for whether you're allowed to receive it is intuitive: If the parties to the conversation have a reasonable expectation of privacy, like police using radios that they *know* have AES encryption built into them, OR devices that the lay public has no expectation of knowledge of the technology for, like wireless phones or digital pagers, OR if the people who receive what you're hearing have to pay to hear or see it (satellite TV, cable, Sirius, etc.) and you find a way around it, then it's generally unlawful.

http://www.fcc.gov/guides/interception-and-divulgence-radio-communications

So it might be the state, like Virginia, who says you can't have a radar detector, but you still can't have it. And the FCC is has been happy to publish the enforcement actions against offenders (CB, amateur, commercial -- basically anyone who interferes with others, if they have time & budget to track down).

But as for having an amplifier actually powered up while you're talking to the nice enforcement officer?
http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/95.411 is a cite of the section itself;
http://www.fcc.gov/document/michael-w-perry-0 is an example where "on the premises" and "warm to the touch" cost a guy lotsa $$$ a few months ago.
Of course, YMMV.
Drive carefully & 73,
Handlebar

 

It's perfectly legal, provided two conditions are met:

1. You have an amateur radio license.
2. The "station" works on amateur frequencies.

If those two conditions are met, then it's an amateur station, and amps are legal. The fact that it *can* be used illegally is irrelevant; they'd have to *prove* you did so.

If not, section 95.411 says otherwise. If you have an amp in your possession, and "other evidence" that you have operated with higher than legal power (and it's a safe bet that being hooked up and operational will be considered "other evidence"), then you can be in real trouble.

"Real trouble" meaning FCC fines of up to $75,000; Federal court fines of $10,000 plus $500/day of violation. Given how hungry the Federal government will soon be for money, I wouldn't be a bit surprised to find enforcement being ratcheted up significantly.

 

OK Handlebar & MsJamie,,,I'll stand corrected. Thanks for the gentle "tune-up".

I believe that what you refer to would be called "intent". If it's connected in-line, that could be "intent" tho unless they catch me actually transmitting on it,,there's no case. That's whats illegal. Not owning it or even selling it for that matter.
Also in 1972 I got my CB licence (KYBT8792) and since then have never seen the fcc enforce anything 11 meters. Not even the CB shops, truckwashes,polish shops, Chitown mega base stations, etc. The fcc turned its back on the 11 mtr. band enforcement a long time ago.

Maybe fcc regs. have changed since 1972 for 11 mtrs.

Handlebar, you are absolutely right about the celphone freq's ( listening without permission would be unauthorised) but last time I checked,,,ya didn't need a licence to use a celphone. Again...any signal legally sent may be legally recieved by anyone.

Nice conversation!

 

Wrong... You can own all the ham or commercial equipment you want. You can have a whole warehouse full of it without any licenses. You can NOT transmit on anything without the proper license. Just like you can own a fleet of cars without a drivers license..