You're talking about modifying a single band 2 meter
rig to operate on 440?? can't be done. You'd just have
to build or buy a transverter. You can put any radio
on the ham bands, they don't have to be type accepted.
Lots of hams run cb's and commercial rigs and military
surplus on the ham bands.
--- Brent Harding <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yeah, to start with, on an FRS rig, the antenna has
> to be integrated in to
> the unit, and I think the th-f6a puts out too much
> power, think 5 watts is
> too much to legally run on frs. I wonder if
> possible, a mod to make my old
> icom base/mobile rig transmit on 440 would be legal,
> since 440 is a legal
> amateur band. If I get it hooked up again, I want to
> use uhf on it as well
> as 2 meters. At the time I got it, about 10 years
> ago almost, uhf seemed
> dead, but now there's lots of it for some reason.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darrell Shandrow" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 9:55 PM
> Subject: Re: modifying a thf6 a kenwood to work with
> frs.
>
>
> > Hi John and all,
> >
> > Not to mention that a mod such as this is clearly
> illegal even if you do
> > succeed, and probably shouldn't even be discussed
> on such a public forum
> as
> > this... Well, maybe the mod isn't illegal by
> itself, but the operation it
> > entails certainly is... :-) Get a proper FRS rig
> for use on FRS/GMRS.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:20 AM
> > Subject: Re: modifying a thf6 a kenwood to work
> with frs.
> >
> >
> > > Don't waste your time, it's a pain in the but,
> I haven't done it but a
> > > friend has and he told me not to even try it. If
> you must know, go to
> > > www.mods.dk and find the mod on there but
> believe me, it's not the
> easiest
> > > radio to even take apart and then everything in
> there is so tiny, 1 slip
> > and
> > > you ruined a perfectly good radio. I gave up
> doing mods to my HT's.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Michael Capelle"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:25 AM
> > > Subject: modifying a thf6 a kenwood to work with
> frs.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello listers,
> > > > Tomorrow I will be receivintg a kenwood thf6a
> radio.
> > > > My friend told me you can modify it to work
> with FRS (family radio
> > > service).
> > > > How is this done?
> > > >
> >
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