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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kc0iv, post: 2105990, member: 41101&quot;]<span style="color: red">Channel Jumper said &quot;</span></p><p><span style="color: red">There is one thing you might not know.</span></p><p><span style="color: red">The State of New York got tired of the Pirate Radio stations - ex. a low power radio station with no license that transmits on the legal bands.</span></p><p><span style="color: red">Instead of the regular lackadasical attitude of the FCC where they hand out the $10,000.00 fine per a occurance and let it be downplayed to a $2500.00 fine in court.</span></p><p><span style="color: red">They went one step further and enacted a law which allows the local government to enforce all the FCC rules and regulations pertaining to Pirate Radio Stations.</span></p><p><span style="color: red">Now you might say - what does this have to do with me?</span></p><p><span style="color: red">Note I said unlicensed radio stations 0perating on the legal bands.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: red">Channel Jumper said &quot;</span></p><p><span style="color: red">The minus side is - if you get caught doing anything illegal in New York you can face stiff penalitys including the loss of your truck and trailer and load. I wonder what the truck owner would do if you called him / her from jail and tried to tell them that you lost the truck and load because you were running a illegal CB radio.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Only if you transmit on the AM radio band or the FM radio band.&nbsp; As shown this does involve CB radio.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: red">Channel Jumper said &quot;</span></p><p><span style="color: red">The only loophole there is that the old Heathkit stuff could have been modified by a previous owner and then sold to you and you might not know that it will work on the 11 meters band. Just that you don&#039;t want to try and see what will happen if you get caught on those bands.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p>You do understand there were commercial manufactured radios that included 11 meters don&#039;t you.&nbsp; One example is the Yaesu FT-101 series.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Leon</p><p>(<span style="color: blue">kc0iv</span>)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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