Ponderous Intellect
Posts: 4,118 
December 11th, 2007, 08:45 AM
Walkies used to be governed under the same rules regarding radio spectrum and "citizen's band radios".... anything less than 100Mw doesn't requrie licensing but beyond that, it's a crap shoot. Government in Canada at one time required that you pay a "license fee" for both citizen band radios and walkies over 100mw. Not sure what the regs are now but my advise is to ignore them. When Radio Shack offered CB radios cheaper than dirt everyone who could imagine a use for one went out and bought one... I've never heard of the government goons chasing anyone for using either without this "license"....
I called the appropriate office of the Fed many years ago and was told that the license fee for cell phones was to "preserve the radio spectrum".... What this means in terms of walkies and CB radios is that so long as they're not overmodulating or have been tinkered with to exceed the output power limits....interfering with 'regular' broadcast feqs...it's just another way for our government to move money from your pocket to theirs...
That's what it's been about whereever you look when it comes to the Canadian government. A fee for using radio spectrum...a fee to register firearms....a fee for this and a fee for that...meanwhile these scum (politicians and government) do nothing collect enormous salaries and protect the wealthy....
FQk em.
Walkies used to be governed under the same rules regarding radio spectrum and "citizen's band radios".... anything less than 100Mw doesn't requrie licensing but beyond that, it's a crap shoot. Government in Canada at one time required that you pay a "license fee" for both citizen band radios and walkies over 100mw. Not sure what the regs are now but my advise is to ignore them. When Radio Shack offered CB radios cheaper than dirt everyone who could imagine a use for one went out and bought one... I've never heard of the government goons chasing anyone for using either without this "license"....
I called the appropriate office of the Fed many years ago and was told that the license fee for cell phones was to "preserve the radio spectrum".... What this means in terms of walkies and CB radios is that so long as they're not overmodulating or have been tinkered with to exceed the output power limits....interfering with 'regular' broadcast feqs...it's just another way for our government to move money from your pocket to theirs...
That's what it's been about whereever you look when it comes to the Canadian government. A fee for using radio spectrum...a fee to register firearms....a fee for this and a fee for that...meanwhile these scum (politicians and government) do nothing collect enormous salaries and protect the wealthy....
FQk em.
Ponderous Intellect
Posts: 3,773
Location: In the bush somewhere near Sudbury
Location: In the bush somewhere near Sudbury
December 11th, 2007, 10:22 AM
If kids are using them, there can't be a lot of regulation. If I recall it right, anything that couldn't broadcast over a mile was considered a toy. For the most part, CB became a toy just after Smokey and the Bandit.
XM4244561 we down, Bye-bye
Woof!
If kids are using them, there can't be a lot of regulation. If I recall it right, anything that couldn't broadcast over a mile was considered a toy. For the most part, CB became a toy just after Smokey and the Bandit.
XM4244561 we down, Bye-bye
Woof!
A Mad Mulligan
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December 11th, 2007, 10:27 AM
Nope, nothing on walkie talkies. The US may have something though.
Nope, nothing on walkie talkies. The US may have something though.
