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He i nl Ra dio News Service
7/2/47
SURPLUS W ALKIE TALKIES CAN’T BE USED FOR CITIZENS RADIO
It will no doubt come as a blow to many that war surplus ’’walkie-talkies ” will not operate in the bend which the Federal Communications Commission has designated for the use of the new ’’Citizens Radio Service” (person-to-person communication). This military equipment was designed for particular frequencies which could be used overseas but which, if employed in this country, would Interfere with marine, police, fire and other radio services. It is impracticable to convert this apparatus, since an uneconomic degree of rebuilding would be involved.
Due to these and other considerations, it is illegal for an unauthorized individual to attempt to use surplus radio trans¬ mitting equipment. Under the Communications Act, no person may operate a radio transmitter without first obtaining a license from the Commission. Violators are subject to possible fine or imprison¬ ment, or both. And the Commission’s monitoring stations are quick to detect unlawful transmission.
As in the case with all types of radio operation, author¬ ization will be necessary. In the case of the Citizens Radio Service, the Commission contemplates a simple procedure requiring no techni¬ cal knowledge by the prospective user.
The day when individuals will be able to use small radio receiver-transmitters for private purposes moved a step nearer real¬ ity today when the Federal Communications Commission proposed tech¬ nical requirements and procedure for obtaining type approval of equipment to be used in this contemplated new service.
In its frequency allocations report of May 25, 1945, the Commission set apart the band of 460-470 megacycles for this purpose. Subsequently, and in cooperation with manufacturers and others in¬ terested, the Commission’s engineering staff worked out technical standards for the equipment to be employed. Every effort has been made to keep these requirements to a minimum consistent with the need for apparatus that is reasonably low in price and whose operation will not require technical skill, yet will permit the widest possible use with the least amount of interference to other radio operations.
The proposed Citizens Radio Service will provide an opport¬ unity for adapting short-range radiocommunication equipment, includ¬ ing some of the pocket-size sets now under development, to varied personal needs. The possiti lities for utilizing this type of radio are unlimited. It can provide contact in isolated places, such as ranches, farms, and industrial property; it can serve doctors, sur¬ veyors, hunters, fishermen and many others. Private boats and vehicles will be able to use it, possibly even connecting with tele¬ phone systems. At the same time, individual sending-andreceiving sets will augment communication facilities in time of accident or disaster. Pending the establishment of the Citizens Radio Service, no licenses are being issued to the general public except on an experimental basis.
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