[Icom] 60 metres on your Icom HF rig

[Ray, W2EC]

Some people tend to forget that we are licensed amateurs and as such are
allowed to design, modify and even build from scratch our own equipment.
I have met brand new hams who, really, have no idea that they can build
their own equipment, much less modify equipment they buy. The difference
is that with a manufacturer, equpiment must meet certain specifications
when built and sold. We hams can build our own gear and as long as we
meet the technical requirements (like spectrum purity), can build/modify
whatever we need to use. Having a rig that transmits outside the ham
bands IS NOT illegal, whether built from scratch or modified from a
commerical rig. Transmitting outside the ham bands without an
appropriate license is what is illegal.

73, Ray  W2EC

Paul wrote:
> 
> Cletus W Whitaker wrote:
> 
> >
> > " You also should be aware that if the FCC inspects
> > your station and finds these modified radios you better have a MARS
> > or CAP license, AND a formal assignment to transmit on these frequencies."
> 
> Why?
> 
> If you put in a mod. to allow 60 meter ops., that also opens the rig to
> "geneal coverage transmit",
> 
> Again, why?
> 
> The VFO on my "stock" 740 goes outside the band, and that is the way it came
> from the factory.
> 
> 73 - Paul
> 
> >
> >
> 
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