On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 15:12:49 -0500, "A.E. 352"
wrote:

+++"11 meter transceivers may be
+++converted to 10 meter use due to the fact that the 11 meter transceiver
+++has been approved (?) for use by the FCC."
+++
+++Not true. The 11-meter transceiver has been approved for 11-meter use ONLY,
+++and the approval has NOTHING to do with folks being able to convert it to
+++10-meters. Hams don't need approval to use it on 10-meters. Also,
+++manufactured ham gear needs to meet certain specs, but it does NOT require
+++FCC Type Acceptance/Approval. Nowhere on my Icom does it say 'Type
+++Accepted."
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Correct an 11 M transciever is Certified for 11 M use. Under the
provisions of Part 95, an amature can modify one for his own use and
not have to certify the radio. Still he must ensure that the
transmitter meets the emmisions requirements for amature transmitters
for the band that the unit is beign converted to.

I once thought of converting a HR2600 to 6 M when I found out that
with a cut here and pullup there and the display read 50.0000. A tween
on the VCO and it tuned and locked from 50 to 54 MHz. I abandoned it
when I discovered that on FM the transmit offset was still 100KHz.
That would have been legal for me to persue with an amature license.

james
james