jlwsecure

Many foks travel to the USA from Europe, and they bring their two-way
radios to the USA.

The European PMR-446 radios used in Europe are ILLEGAL in the USA!

PMR446 radios transmit on the 70 cm amateur radios band in the US.
Only licensed amateur radio operators have authority to use these
frequencies.

You would be interfering with a licensed radio service.

Leave your radios at home and purchase FRS radios in the USA.

Since most FRS radios also share channels with GMRS, you must read the
manuals and make sure you only use the license-free FRS frequencies.

Take care and enjoy travels to the USA.

Conor

In article <1183993332.743501.122400@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>,
jlwsecure says...
> Many foks travel to the USA from Europe, and they bring their two-way
> radios to the USA.
>
> The European PMR-446 radios used in Europe are ILLEGAL in the USA!
>
> PMR446 radios transmit on the 70 cm amateur radios band in the US.
> Only licensed amateur radio operators have authority to use these
> frequencies.
>
> You would be interfering with a licensed radio service.
>
> Leave your radios at home and purchase FRS radios in the USA.
>
> Since most FRS radios also share channels with GMRS, you must read the
> manuals and make sure you only use the license-free FRS frequencies.
>
> Take care and enjoy travels to the USA.
>
Land of the free eh?

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Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

Silk

Conor wrote:

> Land of the free eh?
>

What are you doing here?

Digital Regression

>
> The European PMR-446 radios used in Europe are ILLEGAL in the USA!
>

and your FRS/GMRS radios are illegal in the UK, just like SSB CB sets.....

>
> Leave your radios at home and purchase FRS radios in the USA.
>

or we could just go on holiday somewhere else!

Conor

In article <5ffm27F3c3jguU1@mid.individual.net>, Silk says...
> Conor wrote:
>
> > Land of the free eh?
> >
>
> What are you doing here?
>
Been in here for donkeys years - mainly to keep an eye on whats
happening. Actually, I reckon it was one of the first groups I ever
posted to.

Just don't have much to say. Reflecting current CB usage situation I
guess.

--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

Silk

Conor wrote:
hat are you doing here?
>>
> Been in here for donkeys years - mainly to keep an eye on whats
> happening. Actually, I reckon it was one of the first groups I ever
> posted to.
>
> Just don't have much to say. Reflecting current CB usage situation I
> guess.
>

I suppose I should have expected it, wot with you being a trucker and
that. :-)

I'm been into CB on and off since about 1979 when it was taking off on
AM - I still have a President Lincoln that gets the occasional airing.;-)

hugh.g.rekshun

so you mean when the skips up i can put my 4 stacked 21 element tonnas on my
446 and work some DX to the US ??

bargain, i'm on it.....if i don't hear anything i'll be on 555...


"jlwsecure" <jlwsecure-google1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1183993332.743501.122400@o61g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
> Many foks travel to the USA from Europe, and they bring their two-way
> radios to the USA.
>
> The European PMR-446 radios used in Europe are ILLEGAL in the USA!
>
> PMR446 radios transmit on the 70 cm amateur radios band in the US.
> Only licensed amateur radio operators have authority to use these
> frequencies.
>
> You would be interfering with a licensed radio service.
>
> Leave your radios at home and purchase FRS radios in the USA.
>
> Since most FRS radios also share channels with GMRS, you must read the
> manuals and make sure you only use the license-free FRS frequencies.
>
> Take care and enjoy travels to the USA.
>

John

"Digital Regression" <digital@sux.com> wrote in
news:f9Lki.21429$p8.14864@text.news.blueyonder.co. uk:

>>
>> The European PMR-446 radios used in Europe are ILLEGAL in the USA!
>>
>
> and your FRS/GMRS radios are illegal in the UK, just like SSB CB
> sets.....
>
>>
>> Leave your radios at home and purchase FRS radios in the USA.
>>
>
> or we could just go on holiday somewhere else!
>
>
>
>

That is correct. Warnings are given to USA citizens to keep their radios
home also. Our GMRS/FRS will interfere with your public safety services.

John

"hugh.g.rekshun" <m1adu.m5adu@ntlworld.com> wrote in
news:7kSki.21325$uR5.8792@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net:

> so you mean when the skips up i can put my 4 stacked 21 element tonnas
> on my 446 and work some DX to the US ??
>
> bargain, i'm on it.....if i don't hear anything i'll be on 555...
>
Nope.

The frequencies are allocated to control links.

Plus... hard to find "skips" reaching that far on UHF

Snowbat

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:02:12 -0700, jlwsecure wrote:

> Leave your radios at home and purchase FRS radios in the USA.

Hire would be a better suggestion. We have a similar problem with FRS in
Europe as you do with PMR446 in the USA (worse because the frequencies
used by FRS are allocated to emergency services in some European
countries).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Radio_Service
"In Great Britain FRS frequencies are used for fire brigade communications
and this sometimes causes problems when FRS equipment is imported from the
U.S. and used without awareness of the consequences by members of the
public."


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Conor

In article <5fi228F3bnvhvU1@mid.individual.net>, Silk says...
> Conor wrote:
> hat are you doing here?
> >>
> > Been in here for donkeys years - mainly to keep an eye on whats
> > happening. Actually, I reckon it was one of the first groups I ever
> > posted to.
> >
> > Just don't have much to say. Reflecting current CB usage situation I
> > guess.
> >
>
> I suppose I should have expected it, wot with you being a trucker and
> that. :-)
>
> I'm been into CB on and off since about 1979 when it was taking off on
> AM - I still have a President Lincoln that gets the occasional airing.;-)
>
The truck is the one place I have rarely used one. Used to have on in a
lorry in the early to mid 90's but then did what everyone else did when
mobiles became popular.

Used to do a lot of DXing though. Got some QSL cards somewhere. The
best I had was to a bloke sat on a boat at a lake in Czech Republic
during the height of the last solar cycle.

--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........