[ICOM] ICOM marine/ham radios

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

Jerry,

Your correct - except here's the bad news - FCC regulations require the 
"amateur radio" and the "marine radio" to be two separate installations - 
which can share the (1) power supply and (2) antenna.  No matter how you 
slice it, you can't make a dual radio except if it completely separate. 
Separate but occupying the same box would be an interesting argument though. 
However it would mean you had two independant transmitters and two 
independant receivers in one box.

73

David N1EA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Flanders" <jeflanders at comcast.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] ICOM marine/ham radios


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