Quote:
Originally Posted by hellosailor  Gentlemen, I think you are confusing the issues. |
George is the only one who is confused on this issue
Quote:
|
However, there's one other "gotcha" left. IIRC the FCC requires a marine SSB radio installation to be totally separate and isolated from any and all other radios on the vessel. That means, no shared radio, no shared antenna, no shared nothing, so to speak.
|
Actually, the rule you are refering to isn't about the marine SSB. The rule is under part 97 Amateur Radio Service:
97.
11 Stations aboard ships or aircraft.
(b) The station must be separate from and independent of all other radio apparatus installed on the ship or aircraft, except a common antenna may be shared with a voluntary ship radio installation....
This rule was written primarily for sea-going ships to keep the radio operators from using their equipment on the amateur bands. It's an old rule but it does bring up an interesting contradiction with the way the M802 is marketed. You'll notice that the dealer's advertise this rig as Marine SSB/HAM but Icom does not.
There's also a rule under part 80 Stations in the maritime services
80.89 Unauthorized transmissions
Stations must not:
(f) Transmit on frequencies or frequency bands not authorized on the current station license.
Eric