Mark,
Is bootlegging the same as pirating, I'm not familiar with the term.
Dj (N2SJG)
"Mark J. Blair" wrote:
> Joe Foley <redmenaced@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > > What do folks generally do with their military
> > > radios that they have
> > > working?
> [...]
> > That first question that leads to an Amateur Radio
> > license!!
> [...]
> > As a matter of fact Mark Blair, Richard Notton, and
> > Nolan Lee are good candidates for answering questions
> > about military radios.
>
> Eek, my ears are ringing again. :-)
>
> As a matter of fact, I started collecting the green radios before I
> realized I was interested in the green trucks. After a while, I had a
> pile of vehicular radios, and I realized that I needed some vehicles
> to put them in. So, I started collecting green trucks. As it turns
> out, most of my radio gear was from the 1950's, and most of my trucks
> were post-1970, so I found myself buying new radios for my new trucks.
> I guess I'll eventually need to buy some old trucks for my old radios,
> which got me interested in green trucks in the first place, yet still
> don't have any appropriate trucks to live in. Sigh. :-)
>
> So far, I've only done a radio installation in one of my trucks: an
> AN/VRC-46 set (part of the VRC-12 family), in my M998 HMMWV. I have
> a few pictures on my web page if you're curious.
>
> I am not aware of any legal way to use these green radios in the US
> without a license of some sort, although that doesn't stop a lot of
> folks from bootlegging (a practice which I neither recommend or
> endorse). It's not too difficult to obtain an amateur radio ("ham
> radio") license, though, permitting use of many of the common tactical
> FM sets from 1950ish to current issue on the 6 meter ham band, with a
> bit of care to avoid interference with regular amateur radio gear. If
> you have general questions about using your green radios or obtaining
> an amateur radio license, please contact me (and/or other folks)
> off-list. On the other hand, questions about installation of military
> radio gear in military vehicles would be appropriate list material,
> IMHO.
>
> --
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