[ICOM] ICOM marine/ham radios

[Jerry Flanders]

To be "completely legal", as you intend, you probably need two separate 
radios (at least, in the USA). Modding the M710 as Dick suggests allows its 
legal use on the ham bands by hams, but it would no longer be legal for 
marine freqs (mods would kill the type acceptance approval). I think you 
can't do it with one radio unless some mfr actually markets a legal 
dual-purpose radio.

Jerry W4UK

At 05:56 6/10/2005, you wrote:
>Jim,
>
>Be shure to have the M710 modded in order to have it working in the HAM bands.
>The mod consists of the following 2 items:
>
>1: diode removal
>2: change of firmware settings.
>
>Cheers,
>Dick Knol
>PA3DUV
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Isbell, W5JAI" <jim.isbell at gmail.com>
>To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 6:01 AM
>Subject: Re: [ICOM] ICOM marine/ham radios
>
>
>Do you know if the AH3 antenna tuner can be used instead of the AT-130
>or AT-130E?
>
>I have an IC-725 with an AH3 tuner and while it is modified so that it
>can use the Marine frequencies I would rather be completely legal with
>an IC-M710 and AT-130 so I am looking to trade the 725 for a 710 and
>use the AH3 with it or in the alternative also trade the AH3 for a
>AT-130 doing it as a package for the 710 and AT-130
>
>Anyone out there interested?