Why does anyone bother answering this guy. He has obviously gotten his
license out of a cracker jack box, if he has a license at all.

He asks such basic questions that anyone taking a Technician exam should
know. And why would anyone want to have a *ham radio* modified to transmit
on police frequencies? Probably just another cop wanna-be.

Hey Stryped, read through this information.

http://www.irony.com/ham-howto.html

http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html

http://www.ac6v.com/help.htm

http://www.hamquick.com/articles/art_what_ham.php


"Buck" wrote in message
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wrote in message
ps.com...
As many of you know I am fairly new to ham and got a radio to use as a
base station this weekend. It is an ALinco dr 590. The guy told me it
had been modified to receive and transmit on extended frequercncies
even cellular.

I do not intend or want to transmitt illegally but it would be nice to
recieve the local police and aircraft if possible. When I plugged it up
I could get the frequency of my local police at 452 mhz but did not
have an antenna to see if I could hear anything or not. The vhf goes
from 130-174 I think. The uhf displays to 500 mhz. How can I tell if
this radio has been modified easily?

Also I thought cellular was 800 - 900 mhz. I could not get it to
display that.

As a last note does anyone know how I can find online a free manual for
htis book? I have looked but only been able to find the service manual.
Thanks again!



Get a dummy load and a watt meter for that frequency.

Did you search the internet for the radio manual? there are places
that offer the manuals. Unfortunately I can't find the URL in my
favorites since I moved to FoxFire.


--
Buck
N4PGW