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Basic info needed (longish)
My brother-in-law was a radio hobbyist and passed away a few months
ago. I am helping my sister sell his equipment but I am not very knowledgable and I want to understand more so I can get what it is worth for her. He had no life insurance and she has two children to support. I am worried that I will not describe the equipment fully and not sell it for its true value. He had several Icom IC-W2A hand-held radios. From what I've read these are fairly old but I think they may be desirable because you can enable them (via the keypad) to scan a wider range of frequences (800 ~ 900+). I think that newer radios have this capability disabled? He also had an AOR AR 1500 that I think has similar unrestricted RX frequencies. Is it legal for me to advertise these exteneded ranges on Ebay listings? There seems to be some secrecy to this kind of thing as I try to research it. The IC-W2A radios can also be set up as as dual band repeaters. I don't really understand why you would want to do this unless you are providing a repeater service to other people? This seems odd for a hand-held radio. I have also seen mods for these radios that enable MARS/CAP. He was a very accomplished electronics technician so I would expect he has modified these radios. Besides taking them apart, can I check to see if they have been modified some other way -- maybe tuning to a particual frequency and listening? Again, is it legal to advertise this feature if they have been modified? There doesn't seem to me that there would be much activity on Military Amatuer and Civil Air Patrol but there seems to be a lot of references to MARS/CAP modifications around. He had an Icom IC-207H with a label of "MARS/CAP" on it. It was on his bench and connected to one of five large roof-mounted antennas. I think this was probably one of the radios he used the most. Are there other mods I should look for on it? He had several GMRS hand helds (Radio Shack and Maxon 210+3) and CB radios (Radio Shack and Uniden). Is there any unique enhancements I should invesigate on these? The Maxon 210+3 radios (he had several of these) also are older models but they push 5 watts. Is that unique to the older radios? Since he had several of this one model I think there must be something unique about them. He also had a Magnavox D2999 PLL World Receiver. He had modified it for an external (roof mount) antenna. I was thinking about re-connecting the built-in antenna on it before selling. Anything else I should look for on it? I would appreciate any help or advice you folks can provide. If you have any questions or any tests you can walk me through on these radios I will be glad to give them a shot. Thanks, Twiddler |
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