lots of people open the radios to do that. they're not legal to actually 
transmit there but doing the modification isn't a problem, people in MARS 
and CAP especially do that so they can go on their frequencies. I know 
people who use them on the GMRS frequencies too but they're not supposed to. 
I tend to just stick for what's meant for those bands. With my luck if I 
tried it I'd get caught and I'm involved in way too much to lose it all now 
but I have had radios opened up for that before and they can be.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: just an item of interest and an observation


> heck, one of the radios i had, and shortly got rid of, a modified yaesu
> ft23r could pick up the cab channels and i am not sure why to this day the
> guy did this, he had it so you could broadcast on that channel..i didnt
> say anything but i did notice you could not only listen to all channels,
> but you could transmit on them too..
> is this how some are or should this guy have been in trouble?
>
>
> if  helen keller is alone in a forest and falls, does she make a sound?
>
>
> On Tue, 16 May 2006, Colin McDonald wrote:
>
>> something wrong with CB frequencies?
>> Just cuz they're not hams doesn't mean they should automatically be 
>> blocked
>> from general coverage receivers....
>> Same reason many general coverage receivers have the 45-50MHZ band in
>> them...not because there is much there, other then baby monitors and some
>> older cordless phones but because its just part of the general 
>> coverage...
>>
>> regards
>> Colin
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 2:35 PM
>> Subject: just an item of interest and an observation
>>
>>
>>> Hi everyone, I have noticed that a lot of the radios I have gotten have
>> the
>>> CB channels as coverage.  I don't listen to them that much, and haven't
>>> operated on CB for years, but I have noticed that with my DX-390 and my
>> F6a,
>>> and my scanners I have CB coverage.  I am just wondering why so many
>> radios
>>> have this?  I happened to tune by someone on the CB band this afternoon
>> and
>>> shall we say he was conducting himself in a way that the ham community
>> would
>>> frown on.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>