[CVRC] Modification of Kenwood HT to transmit on additional bands

[Donald McBride]

Thanks for all the responses.  I think I should forget about this based on the comments.
  I had two reasons for considering this:

1.  I help my cousin  leading Sierra Club hikes in the Donner Summit area and some people there use GMRS radios.  I have a GMRS license.  I plan on bringing my HT this year because we had an emergency last year when we were out of cell phone range.  I subsequently took my HT back and was able to hit a repeater in the valley (Sacramento or Auburn) and may have heard one on Mt. Rose. I thought if I could comminicate on GMRS also I could avoid bringing two radios.

2. My son has a Jeep and we ran the Rubicon Trail (Tahoma at Tahoe to Georgetown) last year.  Some of the trail guides there use  151.625 because there is a station at Rubicon Springs which uses that frequency.  I thought it would be handy to be able to communicate on that frequency in an emergency.

 I have another question. GMRS licences apply to the licencie and their family.
http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=service_home&id=general_mobile

A aviation radio guy and I are trying to find out if the Sierra Club can get a GMRS license which could be used by any certified trip leader out of the Clair Tappaan Lodge in Norden.  He has sent emails to the FCC with no response.

          Don

KD7JYK <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote: No doubt the Gentleman intended to inquire about a MARS\CAP modification and
confused the acronyms.

Kurt

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