The family and I leave for our European vacation on Thursday. Not taking any radios with me for a couple reasons.
1. Disney outright bans any and all ham radio gear and if you are caught with this stuff, they will kick you off the boat. Bullshit, but their rules. Not going to risk effing up the vacation for the hobby
2. I'm not interested in filing the FCC paperwork for reciprocity in the other countries.
On a lark, I busted out Echolink on Saturday and found a repeater in London. I just connected up and started to listen. A ham there heard me come on and through out his call. M3JNO. We chatted for about 10 minutes. Super friendly guy.
That got me wondering. Is use of Echolink while on foreign soil allowed? I would assume YES since you are not actually broadcasting on RF, but maybe that is a difference without a distinction.
What say you all?
1. Disney outright bans any and all ham radio gear and if you are caught with this stuff, they will kick you off the boat. Bullshit, but their rules. Not going to risk effing up the vacation for the hobby
2. I'm not interested in filing the FCC paperwork for reciprocity in the other countries.
On a lark, I busted out Echolink on Saturday and found a repeater in London. I just connected up and started to listen. A ham there heard me come on and through out his call. M3JNO. We chatted for about 10 minutes. Super friendly guy.
That got me wondering. Is use of Echolink while on foreign soil allowed? I would assume YES since you are not actually broadcasting on RF, but maybe that is a difference without a distinction.
What say you all?