RadioBanter - View Single Post - Good reading on radio modifications/building

Bill Janssen · January 26th 08, 12:40 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew

wrote:
On Jan 23, 8:10 pm, wrote:

I'm curious about how I might modify say my Aviation Radio (my hand
held spare I keep in case of lost electric in an aircraft). To pick up
amateur bands as well as the Aviation bands.

I'm not interested in the slightest as to whether or not this is
legal, I'm simply looking for educational purposes.
I wanted to get one and then I became curious ... as to how difficult
it would be or how it would be done, what kind of reading I would do
if I wanted to build/modify any radio etc.

The quick way is to build a converter to translate the 144-148 MHz
signals to the aircraft band.

Paul, KD7HB

You will find that most hams use FM and some hams use SSB and very few
hams use AM.
Your aircraft radio is AM.

Bill K7NOM