[BC] Part 74 IFB transmissions

[Mike McCarthy]

On 11/28/2010 11:52 PM, Broadcast List USER wrote:
>My thought is to use it for IFB. There is no requirement to take down an IFB, so just leave the station up on it.  During remote broadcasts, it will be interrupted by cues and such, but the rest of the time it is pre-profanity delay, pre-HD delay.  That will easily drive the illegal out of band CB crap away.  You could even turn it around and use it as a RPU at that point.
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>Better yet, if you are a cluster, put up several frequencies as IFBs, then turn ONE around for RPU when needed.
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>There is no way the FCC will get involved in you driving HFers off the channels.

 Actually, if you read Part 2 of the rules, if the IFB (or any emission which is not broadcast) is not being used for actual cues and commands, leaving it up would be a waste of the spectrum and would technically be in violation of the rules. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Also, Part 74 specifically doesn't grant exclusive right to any Part 74 channel except fixed links in a specific area.

ABC and another radio group used to do that here until they were told to shut them down when not actively being used.

MM