Re: things go'nna change
No! Radio frequency spectrum is not "owned" by the US's FCC. It is a valuable, but intangible, commodity that must be MANAGED carefully by all nations that use it. Should the USA, for example, decide to "sell off" HF spectrum, it would break treaties honorably made to effectively manage spectrum.
What we don't see is, overall trade is VERY important for nations. Let's say that the US did this and there is a nation that highly objects to it, then we have a problem. Perhaps this nation has.....um, oil, or minerals vital to US industry or manufacturing. Also, a nation's credibility, it's very honor, is at stake. So just like the credit bureau, the nation's credit is diminished not to mention the damage done to US industry or economy. Such management---RF "traffic cops", if you like----
is done by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to which many nations sign onto in order to manage worldwide HF spectrum, negotiate agreements, and arbitrate disputes. It was also this international agency that decided to abolish Morse Code as a requirement for HF operations, and why FCC has proposed to do away with it.
Most "communications companies" (?) are not interested in HF, but in ultra-high bands in the gigahertz range. So the "sales" of spectrum (and by the way, spectrum is not "sold" and owned by companies, rather the right to USE is what is sold as a block). Since VHF and above is not subject to "skip" normally, it is not so much an international issue. HF IS!
ANY-thing can be modified to do something to do something outside its intended range. My little compact pickup *can* do
100 MPH. Is it a good idea, OR is it safe or necessary to do so?
Heck, you can modify a DOOR to fit an opening it was not made for, but SHOULD you? Might it create a drafty cold room if you do? *SHOULD* you modify a radio? Depends on the use to which it is put!
For example, my Icom 706 is modified to operate outside the ham bands. GASP! :shock: SEE THERE,
YOU WOULD SAY, *I* AM 'GUILTY' OF A CRIME. No. I am not. I am authorized to do so by the agency governed by NTIA and have "authorization" to operate radio equipment on Federal and military frequencies. It so happens that the Icom 706 meets certain bandwidth and other technical specs for that use. FCC has NOTHING whatever to DO with such operation. However, by having MADE the modifications, I must now be durn certain not to misbehave WRT CB and Amateur Radio because FCC DOES have jurisdiction over THOSE operations! Therefore, I operate the 706 rig(s) strictly according to the regulations both civilian and military lest I get into trouble either way! I would NEVER transmit on CB with my 706, but I hear/read about people doing it everyday. My pickup will do 100+ MPH. but only an idiot would drive a vehicle at that speed on the highway! :roll: Leave that for the racetrack where it, hopefully, won't hurt other people!
Therefore, those who import and distribute the hated "export" radios (hated by those who find unlicensed intruders on their frequencies) are doing so because of greed, a lack of integrity and ignorance of WHY their activities are legally, morally wrong. It's why I have a ham radio(s) in my vehicle AND a LEGAL 40 channel CB radio. Ne'er shall the twain meet!
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enok said:
No! Radio frequency spectrum is not "owned" by the US's FCC. It is a valuable, but intangible, commodity that must be MANAGED carefully by all nations that use it. Should the USA, for example, decide to "sell off" HF spectrum, it would break treaties honorably made to effectively manage spectrum.
What we don't see is, overall trade is VERY important for nations. Let's say that the US did this and there is a nation that highly objects to it, then we have a problem. Perhaps this nation has.....um, oil, or minerals vital to US industry or manufacturing. Also, a nation's credibility, it's very honor, is at stake. So just like the credit bureau, the nation's credit is diminished not to mention the damage done to US industry or economy. Such management---RF "traffic cops", if you like----
is done by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to which many nations sign onto in order to manage worldwide HF spectrum, negotiate agreements, and arbitrate disputes. It was also this international agency that decided to abolish Morse Code as a requirement for HF operations, and why FCC has proposed to do away with it.
Most "communications companies" (?) are not interested in HF, but in ultra-high bands in the gigahertz range. So the "sales" of spectrum (and by the way, spectrum is not "sold" and owned by companies, rather the right to USE is what is sold as a block). Since VHF and above is not subject to "skip" normally, it is not so much an international issue. HF IS!
ANY-thing can be modified to do something to do something outside its intended range. My little compact pickup *can* do
100 MPH. Is it a good idea, OR is it safe or necessary to do so?
Heck, you can modify a DOOR to fit an opening it was not made for, but SHOULD you? Might it create a drafty cold room if you do? *SHOULD* you modify a radio? Depends on the use to which it is put!
For example, my Icom 706 is modified to operate outside the ham bands. GASP! :shock: SEE THERE,YOU WOULD SAY, *I* AM 'GUILTY' OF A CRIME. No. I am not. I am authorized to do so by the agency governed by NTIA and have "authorization" to operate radio equipment on Federal and military frequencies. It so happens that the Icom 706 meets certain bandwidth and other technical specs for that use. FCC has NOTHING whatever to DO with such operation. However, by having MADE the modifications, I must now be durn certain not to misbehave WRT CB and Amateur Radio because FCC DOES have jurisdiction over THOSE operations!
Therefore, I operate the 706 rig(s) strictly according to the regulations both civilian and military lest I get into trouble either way! I would NEVER transmit on CB with my 706, but I hear/read about people doing it everyday. My pickup will do 100+ MPH. but only an idiot would drive a vehicle at that speed on the highway! :roll: Leave that for the racetrack where it, hopefully, won't hurt other people!Therefore, those who import and distribute the hated "export" radios (hated by those who find unlicensed intruders on their frequencies) are doing so because of greed, a lack of integrity and ignorance of WHY their activities are legally, morally wrong. It's why I have a ham radio(s) in my vehicle AND a LEGAL 40 channel CB radio. Ne'er shall the twain meet!
73
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