Re: Amtrak bedrooms

> Agreed there Adam. It would seem that anything spewed upon the airwaves
> should be fair game.
>
> I'm not so sure that having a Ham license necessairly gives anyone
> additional receiving rights though. I thought that it mostly concerned
> transmitting!
>
> Of course UP will sell you a license to listen for $5. Woops, wrong group.
>
> Regards,
>
> DAve

The reason that there is an "Amateur Radio" is that most of our radios can
actually pick up those frequencies due to the design and cost of
manufacturing. Many ham radios are just slightly modified commercial radios
or use commercial radio parts. A good example are the Vertex/Yaseu radios.
Most of their radios look alike both cosmetically and internally. Usually
there is just a diode to pull or a jumper to cut to "open" them up. In the
manufacturing process, they'll install the appropriate diode/jumper to make
the type of radio they want.

Hopefully this may help a little.

Jason