On May 26, 8:30*pm, wrote:
JIMMIE wrote:
I have an HF transceiver which can be easily modified to work outside
the ham bands. I want to perform the mod so I can use the radio with
VHF/UHF transverters and cover the entire bands. Would this be legal?
I have discussed this with several fellow hams but have not really got
any kind of definitive answer yet.

Jimmie.

As a licensed amateur (I'm assuming US), you can do anything you want
with your equipment as long as you don't transmit outside of the
frequencies and modes authorized by your class of license.

--
Jim Pennino

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Thanks Tom and Jim, It was also my reasoning that if I could build my
own transmitter and operate it surely modifying equipment would be
legal as long as I did not transmit outside the bands. The radio is
an Icom and I use software thst I wrote to control the frequency/mode.
It would not be too difficult to modify the software to limit the
frequency data sent to the transceiver in accordance with the band I
am using. The software already "knows" when I use the transverters so
I get the proper frequency dispaly. As the XYL and YL may be using it
some goof proofing may be in order. Hopefully soon I will also have
the computer controling the switching of the transverters.

Jimmie