onebeatuptc3

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I dont get why we cant run the 40mhz frequency here in the US. They run toy rc cars on the 49mhz dont they? I dont understand why us hobbiests cant use it, if you could explain it, please do.

403forbidden

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in short: FCC bureaucracy and red tape along with strong lobbying from wireless communications companies.

JimmyMac

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You can if you get a license.

Tek Nickal

Some get a module and recever from somewhere else. You never have to worry about channels though.

BKK

I heard that if you get cought, you get a $10K fine and jail time???? I know some friends are using 40 but they don't tell anyone that they are and during big races they switch back to either 27 or 75 to be safe. One time at SWR I saw Billy with some kind of freq-scanner during the Nationals in 2001. I don't know what it was used for.

I think 403forbidden's answer is a good one.

J-P

i read in a magazine over here in england that its because the US Coastgaurd operate on that frequency or very near to it and at the world off roads in tampa they had to get permission to run 40 mhz as it would have cost to much to change radio kit for all the european guys

J-P

John Malin

Well J-p got it almost right. In the us 40mhz is reserved for department of defense only. That means all of the US military has the rights to those frequencies(except 49mhz). If you get caught by the fcc you will incur a 10,000 fine and loss of all or your radio equipment on the spot. Dont do it is about all I can say. Get a ham radio license and then run 52 mhz. Noone will ever be on your frequency and you will be legal.

barrys

are there any RC manufacturers that sell equipment that supports 52 (realizing that a ham radio licensed is required, but that is a minor thing to reduce glitching, etc.)