Tim Mackey Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Yes.... EU and America in other words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 what do the numbers mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 dunno....dont care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Christy Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Permitted output in Europe is 100mW erp. In the USA it is much higher, but the practical limit is 200mW. As Timbo pointed out in an earlier post, this makes little or no difference in practice. France only permits a subset of the 2.4 GHz frequencies to be used at 100mW. The switch on the Futaba sets restricts them to that part of the band. Spektrum do produce "French" modules that are also restricted to a limited part of the band. Outside of the subset of frequencies, you are limited to 10mW in France. This is fine for indoor / park flyer applications, but not for full range equipment. Following a big meeting in Brussels last year, the EU have instructed the body responsible for frequency allocations in Europe to re-draft the rules, as they were incomprehensible! The Dutch (and Belgians?) conceded that they had incorrectly banned 2.4 GHz, because thay had misunderstood the regulations. The new rules will allow 100mW erp for all equipment that operates "politely" (as they put it). In otherwords, if it will not use already occupied channels, then it will be allowed to use 100mW. Both Spektrum and Futaba comply with this requirement. Equipment that does NOT detect occupied channels will be limited to 10mW. All EU countries (including France!) will be required to comply with the new regulations eventually. The UK already does!The BMFA was instrumental in organising the representation of the model flyers interests at the meeting, and came away with an excellent deal! I know they come in for a lot of flack at times, but when we get results like this, they are well worth the money!--Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cole Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 As France is in the Eu surely the power limit is the same there as here? I thought the France switch in the back of my Futaba simly limited the part of the 2.4 GHz spectrum to the bit permitted for this use in France. Think I read that in the RCM&E review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Since when did the French ever care about abiding by EU rulings or standards? Mind you, we seem to be the only country that blindly adopts every bit of EU legislation however stupid or irrelivent it may be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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