[ICOM] Icom 706 MKIIG cap/mars mod

[David Nagel]

Brad;

NTIA stands for National Telecommunications Information Agency. It is the US Government's version of the FCC. They regulate the use of radio communications by the various government agencies such as the FBI, National Park Service, FEMA and the Dept. of Defense to name a few. The CAP is part of the USAF and MARS if an official communications organization associated with the individual military services. As such they fall under NTIA jurisdiction. The NTIA requirements are a result of Congress auctioning off radio spectrum to commercial companies. NTIA has to pack two pounds into a one pound bag.

Dave Nagel
WD9BDZ
Red Fire 143


Brad <brad at bradbev.com> wrote:Hi David,

Enlighten an old ham that's been of the air for awhile.  What exactly is 
NTIA  (I assume some type of type acceptance).  Are any ham rigs "NTIA", 
and if not, what are CAP and MARS members using?  Was ham gear back when.

Brad  K5ILW


David Nagel wrote:

>The mod is simple. Just unsolder a couple of 0 ohm resistors and reset the processor. Just remember that it is illegal to operate on frequencies you are not licensed to use and also the radio is not NTIA so it can not be used on CAP or MARS frequencies any more.
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>Dave N
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>"Brian K. Gaskamp"  wrote: A friend of mine owns a radio like this and was asking me how hard the above 
>mod is to do on this radio.
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>I see its listed on mods.dk, but I never have owned the radio.
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>73,
>Brian
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