A few days ago, I... ahhhhh... ermmmm...., my nephew... had a ten minute QSO with another station on 7.177 MHz LSB. He has a General license. Accounting for the lower sideband spread, did he inadvertently transmit outside of his privileges?
Xmit outside of privileges...?
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teufler
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Possibly concering the band width of a ssb signal, though if not driving the mic hard, you may not have. A a novice, in the first month of my license, I got a listening report or violation from Grand Island Neb, I was CW at 7.101 I thought. Turned out I was at 7.0997, due to poor radio calibration. I wrote a response and never heard from Grand Island again. Also on the band edges, I establishewd my band edges about plus two for cw and plus 4 for phone. I don't think the FCC is doing much monitoring these days and probably an OO was not checking. I think you are okey.
Yes, probably a little bit.
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KD8DVR
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Generally, keep 3 khz away from band edge. I usually allow 5, just in case. At any rate, an "oops" moment is likely easily forgiven... if even noted at all for a single incident.
BrettL
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I got out of band a few times and called my callsign amd the people where very welcoming and let me know in a nice way that I was out of band. I did not make it a habit and a few offered me to come back around if I ever got bored.....Just saying...
mainehazmt
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I admit it too
Day 1 first contact ever I was out of band. Lol. As I was spinning the dial for the first time heard a nice clear unit (also this was field day) I replied to him. Using the /ag I got thru as he replied better recheck your band plan as I was just below 14.225. That's what happens in a rush and the up down button on the Mike. I worried for a week I'd have my new upgrade cancelled before I got it in paper or posted lol. I now have a cheat sheet above my radio stating 14.225 - 14.350. Not gonna happen again. He did say I was 5-8. Lol and congrats on the upgrade!
Day 1 first contact ever I was out of band. Lol. As I was spinning the dial for the first time heard a nice clear unit (also this was field day) I replied to him. Using the /ag I got thru as he replied better recheck your band plan as I was just below 14.225. That's what happens in a rush and the up down button on the Mike. I worried for a week I'd have my new upgrade cancelled before I got it in paper or posted lol. I now have a cheat sheet above my radio stating 14.225 - 14.350. Not gonna happen again. He did say I was 5-8. Lol and congrats on the upgrade!
No harm, no foul. Nothing a million hams haven't done. I just would just be a little more cautious in the future and go on.
If the idiots over on 14.313 and the like can get away with doing what they do for hours on end and it took years for the FCC to even address the issue... I would say your safe.
Remember, we are self policing. The mass majority out there will give out friendly reminders and that's it.
If the idiots over on 14.313 and the like can get away with doing what they do for hours on end and it took years for the FCC to even address the issue... I would say your safe.
Remember, we are self policing. The mass majority out there will give out friendly reminders and that's it.
K7MEM
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Being out of band is pretty common right after someone upgrades. A few years ago I was tuning around 7.100 - 7.125 MHz looking for some CW contacts. When suddenly a SSB station comes on and starts calling CW around 7.118 MHz. He called several times but wasn't getting any responses. I couldn't talk to him because I was on a CW only rig. Finally, another station politely told him that he needed to check his band plan. He immediately went off the air. I checked his call and it seems he had an Extra class license for only a couple of days.
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