[OZAPRS] Suggestion weather station (John Silver)

[Peter Westley]

Thanks Everyone for your inputs. Much appreciated. And yes I was wondering
about the wireless situation. There's always the option to run a cable I
guess :-)

Peter VK3DXD

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Philip Webb <pwebb at aanet.com.au> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> On 07/02/11 11:35, Terry Neumann wrote:
>
>
>  [snip]
>
>  Many countries stipulate that wireless weather equipment must transmit on
> specific radio frequencies. In many cases, only an authorized reseller can
> provide the proper wireless product for their country. Products made for
> sale in the U.S.A. and Canada cannot be legally used in the EU, Australia,
> New Zealand, and many other countries who follow different guidelines.
>
>
> Fact or fiction I wonder ...............?
>
> 73
> Terry
> (Who is also contemplating a purchase, but not necessarily for APRS, but is
> seriously put off by the price)
>
>  An acquaintance of mine, recently had a discussion with a Radio Inspector
> who was looking for the source of interference to Mobile Phone services. It
> seems that the American frequencies in use for WX stations and other
> equipment, are in our Mobile Phone band. My acquaintance wasn't involved,
> the local farmers imported pump equipment was. His fate is unknown.
> If one purchases equipment using radio from the States, one needs to
> specify Australian Frequencies.
>
> 73
> Philip
> VK4HPW
>
>
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