Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 at 03:25
Rob
Please don't recommend people break the law.
What's wrong with doing it the legal way. You could also do the courses and get your callsign. Pass the exams and for $70 per year you can have access to every amateur band from HF to daylight. Satellites and world wide repeater linking. Internet linking. Phone links. And thousands of operators who don't swear on the radio (kids and mum may like this bit). And all the video and digital stuff as
well. There are also many travellers nets that do the same as VKS but on a world wide basis. And for free. But of course it is nice to pay for the poor blokes phone calls he may make for you. Most people do.
I used to link the people in the Antarctic up with family and friends here in Oz. Cost; a local phone call or totally free. Microphone and speaker on the coffee table and they chatted for ages. All hands free.
Don't need morse now either to get the basic licence.
Besides you don't have to spend money getting someone to illegally modify the radio and totally blow all warranty and after sales service. Hefty fines in the thousands for the worst cases. More than likely, loss of radio initially. And they do not need a warrant to search.
Well! they didn't at one stage.
VKS and other similar systems are designed for just this purpose and excellent for the unlicensed operator. From what I have seen, cell call is a must.
Phil
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