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Re: Looks like SSB is legal
In article <memo.20050218002512.2792C@admin.vlaad.co.uk>,
agree2pay4uce@spam.vlaad.co.uk (Paul Cummins) wrote: > It appears as long as you have a CB licence, AM and SSB is implicitely > legal, as your CB licence is a european permit. And I;ve just spoken to someone in Ofcom who has agreed with this interpretation, provided that the SSB equipment meets ETS 300 433. -- Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead Wasting Bandwidth since 1981 |
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Re: Looks like SSB is legal
"Paul Cummins" <agree2pay4uce@spam.vlaad.co.uk> wrote in message news:memo.20050218125202.1592E@admin.vlaad.co.uk.. . > In article <memo.20050218002512.2792C@admin.vlaad.co.uk>, > agree2pay4uce@spam.vlaad.co.uk (Paul Cummins) wrote: > >> It appears as long as you have a CB licence, AM and SSB is implicitely >> legal, as your CB licence is a european permit. > > And I;ve just spoken to someone in Ofcom who has agreed with this > interpretation, provided that the SSB equipment meets ETS 300 433. > So it is 100% legal to transmit in AM SSB on any of our 80 (40 Euro / 40 UK)channels ? You sure about this ? |
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Re: Looks like SSB is legal
In article <4217ea34$1@news.greennet.net>, noone@home.here (noone) wrote:
> So it is 100% legal to transmit in AM SSB on any of our 80 (40 Euro / > 40 UK)channels ? You sure about this ? No - it's legal to use ETS 300 433 CEPT kit in Europe. We're part of Europe. So FM/AM 4w and SSB 12w on the Mid band appears to be legal under EU legislation that overrides the order prohibiting AM and SSB in this country. -- Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead Wasting Bandwidth since 1981 |
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Re: Looks like SSB is legal
sound, that means I haven't been breaking the law for 25 years....
excellent. My mate got his SSB rig nabbed by the DTI years ago can he have it back now? |
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Re: Looks like SSB is legal
In article <cv9q18$mfm$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>, strangehouse@hotmail.com
() wrote: > My mate got his SSB rig nabbed by the DTI years ago can he have it back > now? Only if it was an ETS 300 433 radio - which I doubt. -- Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead Wasting Bandwidth since 1981 |
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Re: Looks like SSB is legal
>Only if it was an ETS 300 433 radio - which I doubt. Do we know if there's a list of rigs that comply with the above posted anywhere on the web? -- Philip de Cadenet Transmitters 'R' Us http://www.transmittersrus.com |
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Re: Looks like SSB is legal
"Paul Cummins" <agree2pay4uce@spam.vlaad.co.uk> wrote in message news:memo.20050220110206.3364d@admin.vlaad.co.uk.. . > In article <cv9q18$mfm$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>, strangehouse@hotmail.com > () wrote: > >> My mate got his SSB rig nabbed by the DTI years ago can he have it back >> now? > > Only if it was an ETS 300 433 radio - which I doubt. > > So where's a great Emporium to buy my shiny new SSB rig then with the spec which I've never heard of until I read this thread ?! |
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Re: Looks like SSB is legal
<strangehouse@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:cv9q18$mfm$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk... > sound, that means I haven't been breaking the law for 25 years.... > excellent. > My mate got his SSB rig nabbed by the DTI years ago can he have it back > now? > Yes of course give Ofcom a ring. You can buy ETS 300 433 stickers off ebay ;-) |
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Re: Looks like SSB is legal
Paul Cummins wrote:
> In article <4217ea34$1@news.greennet.net>, noone@home.here (noone) wrote: > > >>So it is 100% legal to transmit in AM SSB on any of our 80 (40 Euro / >>40 UK)channels ? You sure about this ? > > > No - it's legal to use ETS 300 433 CEPT kit in Europe. We're part of > Europe. > > So FM/AM 4w and SSB 12w on the Mid band appears to be legal under EU > legislation that overrides the order prohibiting AM and SSB in this > country. > Sorry to spoil all the fun! Go here - http://www.ero.dk/#ERCrecs (Enter CB in the search box then click on the document that comes up) Micky -- "No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney." Alfred E Smith |
