Going near canada

[firefighter_21701]

Job is sending me near the maine and canada border. Anything I need to know about that area what I can and can't do? I'll be using a ccr handheld for now if I can stop and get my charger from my friends place. Still learning and only a month lincesed

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[n9mxq]

I believe 440 is verboten in that area. https://ham.stackexchange.com/quest...ons-in-using-the-70cm-band-in-the-united-stat

Other than that. None I can think of

 

[firefighter_21701]

Thank you for the info

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[AK9R]

If you are going to be operating in the United States, then the FCC rules apply. If you are operating in Canada, then Industry Canada rules apply and you will have to investigate the licensing requirements.

As for restricted areas, they should have come up in your study for your amateur radio license. In case they didn't, the biggest issue you have to consider is "Line A" which is a line beyond which you are not allowed to operate on certain frequencies. You can find these restrictions in FCC Part 97, specifically, §97.303(m)(1) which states "No amateur station shall transmit from north of Line A in the 420-430 MHz segment. See §97.3(a) for the definition of Line A." The description of Line A in §97.3(a) is textual, but you can find a map on the FCC's web site here (scroll down to page 4): https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-1064A1.pdf

Note that these restrictions only apply to the 420-430 MHz segment of the band. You can still use the rest of the 70cm band. The area north of Line A is restricted because the 420-430 MHz segment is used for non-amateur radio purposes in Canada.

 

[n0xvz]

In case they didn't, the biggest issue you have to consider is "Line A" which is a line beyond which you are not allowed to operate on certain frequencies.

https://www.fcc.gov/engineering-technology/frequency-coordination-canada-below-470-mhz

 

[firefighter_21701]

Thank you all for the info I remembered reading about it but I don't think I fully understood it at the time. The links helped. Thank you again

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[wd9ewk]

Job is sending me near the maine and canada border. Anything I need to know about that area what I can and can't do? I'll be using a ccr handheld for now if I can stop and get my charger from my friends place. Still learning and only a month lincesed

The Canadian licensing authority has a web page with information and links regarding the amateur service up there:

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/radioamateur.e

The page with the band allocations for the amateur service in Canada, and probably a close equivalent to FCC Part 97, is the RBR-4 document at:

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf01226.html

W9BU is correct about not using the 420-430 MHz portion of our 70cm band when near the Canadian border, and within Canada. This should not be an issue for you, as repeaters in Canada are found in the same portion of the band as we have in the US (440-450 MHz). Just make sure to add the appropriate indicator after your US call sign, should you cross the border - i.e., in Quebec add "mobile VE2" or "portable VE2", and New Brunswick "mobile VE9" or "portable VE9".

Good luck, and 73!

 

[N4KVE]

I have been going to Canada for decades to visit my parents. I have never added VE2 after my call, nor did any Canadian ham ever tell me I had to do that. Is it the law, I don’t know. Is it necessary, I’ve never done it, nor any other US ham I know who went to Monreal.

 

[robertmac]

I have been going to Canada for decades to visit my parents. I have never added VE2 after my call, nor did any Canadian ham ever tell me I had to do that. Is it the law, I don’t know. Is it necessary, I’ve never done it, nor any other US ham I know who went to Monreal.

It really is helpful to add VE as one could assume long DX.

 

[firefighter_21701]

Luckily I can't go into canada as I can't get my passport due to child support. Unfortunately I was not able to get my charger from my buddys

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[wd9ewk]

I have been going to Canada for decades to visit my parents. I have never added VE2 after my call, nor did any Canadian ham ever tell me I had to do that. Is it the law, I don’t know. Is it necessary, I’ve never done it, nor any other US ham I know who went to Monreal.

It is a requirement in the Canadian amateur regulations. See section 8.1 of the Canadian RIC-3 (Information on the Amateur Radio Service) document:

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf01008.html

In section 8.1, there is a link to a PDF with the 1952 treaty between the US and Canada. Or that PDF is available directly at:

https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/vwapj/1952-7E.PDF/$FILE/1952-7E.PDF

Article III section B of the treaty outlines that hams from one country visiting the other place the prefix of the area in the other country after their call sign.

This is also in the Canadian RBR-4 (Standards for the Operation of Radio Stations in the Amateur Radio Service) document. See section 9 of this document:

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf01226.html

RBR-4 outlines the requirement for placing the prefix for the Canadian call area after the US ham's call, without referring to the 1952 treaty PDF as in RIC-3.

This is also in FCC Part 97 for the Canadian hams visiting the US. See 97.119(g) for the reference to Canadian amateurs operating from US territory:

http://www.arrl.org/part-97-text

73!