433Mhz falls within the 70 centimeter band which is a legal band for my license class (General Class). I have emailed the manufacturer and ARRL for clearification on this. Thanks for this info.
433 MHz is an ISM band in Europe, but is a Ham band in N. America. Digitrax uses 916 MHz for their radio, which is ISM in N. America, but a cellular band in Europe. It might be legal for a licensed ham to use 433 MHz here if he exercised appropriate controls, but I think the EU manufacturers are being cautious by not allowing their product to be exported. Doug Stuard KM4FI
Actually the ESU radio may or may not be legal in the US. 433 is allowable in the US for other uses. There is a ratio of time on/time off that is allowable. It all depends on wether or not it is classified as a toy or not. We will have to wait and see. Stan Ames
A portion of the 6 meter band for HAM Radio allows the following: 50.1-54.0 MHz: CW, Phone, Image, MCW, RTTY/Data. ALL of the 70 centimeter band allows the following: 420.0-450.0 MHz: CW, Phone, Image, MCW, RTTY/Data As it is legal use the above mention 6 meter frequencies for Radio Controlled Models it would seem to me that the 70 centimeter band could be used for the same purpose.
