Dot FRequencies ILLEGAL???

SOC · Post by **SOC** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:10 pm

Is the VHF dot frequencies illegal or legal to run high power or even a business repeater for a local warehouse? i cant seem to find the answer at the FCC website.....thanks

thebigphish · Post by **thebigphish** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:15 pm

Can you be a little more specific? I think you are asking a couple of questions at once.

If you are a DOT site, then you can use the frequencies you are licensed for. If you are not, and you are trying to use their frequencies for your own business, then no..

If you are part of DOT and trying to get coverage into a warehouse that is also DOT....there are some other solutions for you

just clarify the issue please.

FireCpt809 · Post by **FireCpt809** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:24 pm

I dont think he is asking if he is DOT as in Dept of Transportation. Rather the VHF "dot "channels

http://www.dis.org/radio/freq/business.html

SOC · Post by **SOC** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:27 pm

What im asking is, you know the purple dot, green dot, i was under the impression you dont have to have a license to use these frequencies, i work in a furniture warehouse, its so large that we need a repeater to get around the outside parameters when working with trucks outside.

tvsjr · Post by **tvsjr** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:43 pm

He's referring to the FCC's MURS - MultiUse Radio Service. Repeater operations on MURS channels are illegal, per 47CFR95.1311.

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422 ... 5.1311.htm

Your best bet is going to be a license on one of the VHF special business channels.

Tom in D.C. · Post by **Tom in D.C.** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:10 pm

The color dot channels that were NOT converted to MURS
require licenses from the FCC to be used, whether
they're itinerant or regular operations. In my area
there is a licensed repeater operating on 151.625,
for example, though all I hear is their CW ID and no one
ever on the channel. I still don't know the status of
someone who held a license on, say, 154.600 before
it became a MURS channel.

601 · Post by **601** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:45 pm

Itinerant frequencies are supposed to be used for "itinerant" purposes. There is a time frame which you can operate on these channels in a given area. Your best bet is to get a licensed VHF or UHF frequency pair and work from there. Itinerant frequencies are not meant for permanent use in an area. (although i'm sure it's never stopped anyone from doing so).

I have seen repeaters on 151.625, 154.570, 154.600, and 158.400, whether they are legal or not, i'm not sure (with the exception of the MURS channels)

HLA · Post by **HLA** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:57 pm

i was always under the impression that the dot channels were limited to 5 watts but i may be wrong. but to be able to use them as part of a repeater you would need another frequency to go along with it. altho a 5 watt repeater indoors like that would probablly work if the antennae was also indoor and up high in the middle.

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:30 am

ALL radio transmitters MUST be licensed.
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Radio transmitters must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to 47 U.S.C. S 301.
The only exception to this licensing requirement is for certain
transmitters using or operating at a power level that complies with the
standards established in Part 15 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. SS
15.1 et seq.

Murs is covered in Part 95 MURS is licensed by rule.
Most all other frequencies are covered in Part 90.

witthoft · Post by **witthoft** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:42 am

http://www.provide.net/~prsg/murshome.htm

Bat2way · Post by **Bat2way** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:00 pm

Will wrote:ALL radio transmitters MUST be licensed.

Customer calling for a quote on "the cheapest" radios advises...
"I don't NEEEED no STINKIN' license..."

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Sorry, Will. I needed that.