Lets all take a BIG breath and relax/chill.
If you want to take a Motorola/GE or whatever radio from it's current
lo-band use and convert it to 6-meters, you are GOOD TO GO. You do NOT need
FCC Certification to modify it and put it on the air in the 6-meter ham
band. After modification, it will no longer be Type Accepted/FCC Approved
for the service that it was originally designed for and therefore CANNOT
legally be placed back into original service. Am I getting through to
anyone? Frank, help me out here. Amateur Radio operators have for many years
been able to build/modify/transmit from gear that they have either bought,
built, or modified to work on the ham bands with no FCC 'sticker' required.
The 11-meter "Type Accepted" is just that... the radio is "Type Accepted"
for use on 11-meters ONLY and any change/modification to the radio will null
and void it's 'Type Acceptance' for that particular band. Hams, can however,
modify that same 11-meter radio to become a beacon or 10-meter radio if they
so desire WITHOUT any type of FCC Type Acceptance and/or Certification for
its new use.
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On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 20:15:50 -0500, "A.E. 352"
wrote:
The frequency plan (Band Plan) is actualy a Gentlemans' Agreement and is
NOT
santioned by the FCC. Technically, a person can use phone in the CW
portion
of ANY band, but they generally don't per the 'agreement.'
not on HF there are large segement on most bands where you can't
legaly use voice
although 160 is all gentlemans agreement
"Paul Johnson" wrote in message
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A.E. 352 wrote:
Since there is no longer a code test for ANY Amateur Radio license,
'No-code hams' can use all of the frequencies their ticket allows them
to.
Well, they still have to stay off the CW frequencies if they're not
actually
running CW. The frequency plan is in effect still.
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