ARLA/CLUSTER: Aviso aos turistas com " walkie-talkies ".

[João Gonçalves Costa]

Taking walkie-talkies abroad

Taking walkie-talkies across national borders can be fraught with hazards as a posting on a Thai Amateur Radio forum illustrates.

Some countries have strict regulations on the import of transmitting equipment and a tourist visiting Phuket in Thailand would seem to have fallen foul of these regulations.

Read the thread on the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand forum at
http://rastforum.com/index.php?topic=642.msg2180#new

There is no common global VHF/UHF allocation for walkie talkies, different countries allocate different frequencies which include, 245, 325, 409, 420, 446 and 467 MHz.

Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) - Import of Amateur Transceivers
http://www.qsl.net/rast/text/Type-approved-list.htm