Is it legal to have a “remote base” with an output on HF below 29.5 MHz?.
No. If you look at the rules regarding the frequencies available for auxiliary operation, you will conclude that there is no such thing as a legal “remote base” which uses frequencies anywhere in the 2-meter band for the “uplink” and “downlink.” Those systems that go from 2-meter FM to 10-meter FM, or from 2-meter FM to 6-meter FM, for example, are not technically “remote bases,” even though some hams like to call them that. They are really “crossband repeaters” and they are legal only if both ends are within authorized repeater segments of both bands. Repeater operation (including all input and output frequencies) is prohibited on all HF amateur bands, except the top end of 10 meters. Likewise, there is no such thing as a legal 2-meter FM to 75-meter SSB “remote base,” since auxiliary uplinks and downlinks must all be above 222.15 MHz [97.201(b)].
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