Using 6400 on 11 meters band

Rui

KY6LA_Howard

Other than the fact that such Tx would be Totally illegal in United States you can’t change a FlexRadio To TX I on 11 meters.

Rui

Here is legal I live in Europe Portugal

[Deleted User]

You Can’t

KY6LA_Howard

If you can Provide documentation such as legal in Portugal to Flex, Then they can send you a TURF File That will enable radio uggestion called flex directly

Dave - W6OVP

Rui

I just would like to know if Flex is able to unlock my 6400

KY6LA_Howard

Suggest you call Flex directly and ask them

K1UO Larry

Yes...  If , as Howard stated above, you can provide them with proof it is legal to do so in your Country.

Bill -VA3WTB

This is not the best place to ask, As Howard said, try calling them,,or start a help ticket with your question...

James Whiteway

Tim has already told him on FRS's Facebook page that FRS will not open any Flex radio up for transmit on 11 meters.

Dwayne_AB6A

Makes sense. That article spoke to the fact that 11M had been opened up to unlicensed Citizens Band.

Igor Rybin

SmartSDR V2.1.33 and below allows you to work on 11 meters for transmission, regardless of whether the turf is installed or not, and it is completely unclear why in versions above 2.2.8 this range was closed for transmission. I am downgrading to V2.1.33 and even with Turf installed for Russia, I have the opportunity to work at 27 MHz.

Mike-VA3MW

Office answer.

No regardless of where you are in the world.

If you need 11M operation, 11M radios are very inexpensive.  

Mike

Brent N9BC

Eric-KE5DTO

Correct.  You can transmit at low power on the XVTR port without frequency restrictions.

Igor Rybin

John - AI4FR

Simple, Flex would love to advertise and sell a radio that has all band transmit. They'd destroy the competition hands down. But government agencies and the laws of the land forbid them from doing so. Same hold true with any number of "100 watt" radios. The manufacturers know they could get more power out, say 130 watts while the competition is only doing 100 watts. But the distortion products which are regulated by govt. agencies and the life of the radio would suffer. Check your local laws and see if you as an end user can legally modify a radio for out of band transmit. If you can't then how can Flex?

Igor Rybin

Pat N6PAT

I think that may have been a flaw in the software that has since been corrected. 

Dwayne_AB6A

Same discussion going on reddit at the moment... CB radios are type certified, frequency and power limited. Flex is not type certified to use these bands. For the life of me I don’t understand how anyone would want to use CB bands after investing money and time in licensing and equipment.

Eric-KE5DTO

Nope, not a flaw.  The long and short of it is that we brought our region based frequency descriptions into line with the regional authority (IARU).  In region 1, there is no mention of 11m for amateur radio use (https://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php/spectrum-and-band-plans/hf).

Igor Rybin

Erik Carling EI4KF

If there really are "many hams (that) deliberately do not switch to version higher than 2.2.8", which I severely doubt, then they must be of unsound mind. For who would sacrifice the gains of upgrading excellent ham radio software just to work CB? Why should you buy additional equipment? That question was already adequately answered. How onerous is it, considering the cheap stuff available for CB, to acquire something separate? Not at all. Love your Flex for what it is and what it was promoted for - excellence in the field of HAM RADIO.

Bill -VA3WTB

Igor, time to move on,,it's not going to happen. Asking Flex to transmit out of band? NOPE!!

Eric-KE5DTO

We took this request to official channels via the ARRL and the IARU.  They responded that the 11m band is not allocated for Amateur Radio use in that region.  We are all about ensuring rights and freedoms as this is core to who we are, but those rights and freedoms must be based in authoritative policy.  We appreciate your desire, but we respectfully are going to stick with the frequency allocations as designated by the appropriate authorities.  I am sorry for the inconvenience and I hope you will understand our position, even if you don't agree with it.

Craig Williams

Hope this puts an end to this post. CB? Really?

Igor Rybin

Pat N6PAT

Igor,

The ARRL is not an official agency or authority. It has absolutely no power to set or enforce rules.

Many hams seem to think that the ARRL governs ham radio. They do not. They are a private organization that promotes ham radio. That's all they are.

Eric-KE5DTO

Igor -- Actually, I can.  We are committed to keeping our frequency descriptions accurate and in line with authoritative allocations regardless of what ranges were available in earlier revisions.

Igor Rybin