VHF Presents From USofA

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I have in my Hand the said hand held fro USA.
1) It does not have a CE Lable
2) It does not carry all the UK channels
3) the most annoying ones it does not carry are the m1 m2 used by yatching clubs
4) you can have the the chip replaced to cover out UK channels, but I would find out the cost first as it might work out more expensive
5) Electronic prices are set to come down this year so my advice would to wait and go out for meal for your birthday.
Many Happy Returns for the 27

SPIN THE RECORD

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<<electronic prices are set to come down this year>>

I am very please to hear this - but why are they set to come down??

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Don't forget Channel M1 is just another name for Channel 80.

Whats in a Name?

That'll get you talking to Marinas & M2 is for use by Sailing Clubs. I've never needed that one.

Martin

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Channel M = channel 37 = 157.85MHz (now commonly called M1) is neither a USA nor an International channel and is generally not provided on US originated sets.

Channel M2 = 161.425MHz, ditto.

Channel 80, often used by marinas, 157.025/161.625MHz, is an International but not a USA channel, but is normally provided on US originated sets. Incidentally the US channel 80A is the same as 80 for transmission but not for receive.
 
Has been mentioned a number of times, incorrectly I think, that the M channels match an international or USA channel.

I believe, admittedly from afar, that Channel M is 157.850MHz and M2 is 161.425MHz. These frequencies do not match those of any International or any USA channel and so will not be normally found on a VHF set sourced from the USA or other country outside of the EU/UK.

Most sets have provision for cloning extra channels into them, but one then has to find someone with the cloning software who is willing to do so.

John

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This of course is the problem with buying a VHF from the US - they are much cheaper BUT they are NOT EC/EU approved or CE approved and do not have M2 as mentioned. There are also fixed US sets which supposedly have DSC but NOT the DSC that is approved in EU/UK - so you waste your money AND they are technically illegal to sell into the EU/UK - but you can still buy them off ebay, from a seller in the UK - the authorities know about it and do nothing!!
The only time I would buy from the US at the moment is a handheld, which can run off NiCads, to keep in the Grab Bag.
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Flamin' Nora, I've only gone and started a minor skirmish with my original question. I've therefore decided to change my request from a radio to a set of soft wooden plugs. I wonder wether they use the same sort of wood over there...

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Definitely no, the wood they use over there is often eastern white pine or ponderosa pine, neither of which are MCA approved for bungs /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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potentially diseased wood plugs

Not if they have the oak disease. You should first contact the Ministry of Agriculture in London, they can no doubt tell you who to approach in Brussels (or cabbages even) to see if these may be legally used in EU waters.

Alternatively if you wait a few minutes, someone will have googled, cut and pasted the relevant regulations.

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Wooden plugs from the US do NOT meet EC directives on grain harmonisation. You'll find the taper angles different, and some marinas won't have the right mallets...

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Tee hee. Might ask broinlaw if he can carve a little 'CE' in the corner of each plug. You never know, we might just get away with it...



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Andrew

Looks like at least you and I are on the same wavelength on something /forums/images/icons/smile.gif.

Was not an intended double up of course.

John



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Re: Don\'t Laugh

I once had a consignment of Aluminium Extrusion, imported from Germany, impounded by the Forestry Commission because the wooden crates, it was packed in, didn't have a de-barking certificate. The burk at the Forestry Commision even suggested that I should have the goods packed in Hardwood Crates, apparently Oak is particularly good.

Beware of what you say on here, you never know who is watching!

Martin

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Once upon a time

Madame and I were returning from France by car ferry. We had goods to declare (liquid in bottles, rather a lot) and did so. The nice customs man did a sum on his shirt cuff and we paid the appropriate amount of duty - it still seemed like a bargain.

"And did you buy anything else while you were in France?" he asked.
"We bought a farmyard chicken, from a local market."
"Ah, that may be diseased," he replied. "you'll have to burn it."
"Would it be alright if I burn it in the oven" asked Madame "and then boil the carcass for an hour or two?"
"Even the Minister of Agriculture himself wouldn't object." he responded.

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Re: Once upon a time

When I was a kid our dad went on a business trip to the US and bought us some walkie talkies as a present. Unfortunately they were impounded by customs as no frequencies were licenced in the UK for kids to talk rubbish on at the time. I remember that we were gutted when we heard the news as we were looking forward to getting our hands on the new walkie talkies, which would have made us the envy of all our friends! Funny how things change, all the kids would probably laugh at a walkie talkie as a present now as it can't send a text message...

There is a sequel to the story but I think I better not tell it here, even though all of this happened a long time ago!

Chris

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Re: Don\'t Laugh

Martin - the "burk" @ the Forestry Commision had a point - it was 'un-de-barked' logs that brought Dutch Elm disease into the UK...

BTW "burk" is spelt "berk" - short for Cockney rhyming slang - Berkeley Hunt - not too sure that KH would approve !!!

regards

Stephen

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Another one for the list

Whjen importing to Latvia etc. - you should list all packing materials and also their weight in Kg's.
The authorities then exact a 'Nature tax' - I can only describe it as like an Environmental tax - against import of more plastic etc.
We have real trouble sometimes when we bring in Lab gear etc. - with securing beams and heavy crates etc.


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Models and WT\'s

I used to fly radio control models and I acn remember quite a few being 'shot-down' by illegal import of CB and WT's ..... it was a real pain as the Govt didn't sort it as usual ..... note that the models and gear were far more cost than the sqawk boxes that shot 'em down ....


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Many older legal UK sets

They do not have M1 or M2 ..... so switch on Ch 80 = M1

I have older sets and don't have a problem - and they are legal .....


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