and the radio itself was nice, i mean it wasn't much for accessible stuff
but if i got a yaesu again thats what i'd get..i liked where you could
monitor two frequencies (with about a 5 second stop on each)
if helen keller is alone in a forest and falls, does she make a sound?
On Tue, 16 May 2006, John Miller wrote:
> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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