[ICOM] Icom 706 MKIIG cap/mars mod

[Dick Flanagan]

Horse feathers.  You don't need a license to own a radio, just to operate 
it.  If I own a radio capable of operating on non-amateur frequencies and I 
use that capability to operate on those frequencies outside the scope of my 
license, *I* am responsible, not the person who sold me the radio.  If I 
sell my IC-751A to a General Class operator and that operator uses the 
radio to operate on Extra Class sub-bands, I am -not- responsible.  That is 
why you don't need an license to buy an amateur transmitter.  The operator 
is responsible, not the provider of the equipment.

(Sorry, Randy.  It's been a day....)

Dick

At 10:59 PM 4/11/2007, n5wv at eastex.net wrote:
 >Now really think about what the odds would be of that really happening in
 >the real world when most hams
 >follow the rules and more and more public service is on 800 mhz or another
 >band/mode that the rig cant
 >operate on. Then someone would have to prove that you actually did the mod.
 >One can really worry and think
 >on something too much. You could say , What if you put a switch in it for
 >utility ops and then the new
 >owner switches it back on or says that you sent it too him with the rig
 >switched on for utility ops. What
 >if the new owner does the mod and if he got caught says that the previous
 >owner did the mod ? Thers no end
 >to it. To really be safe one may just keep the rig until you die or do the
 >self distruct thing like US
 >Special Forces do to there radios before they fall into other hands. They
 >use C-4 but a good 25lb sledge
 >hammer will do the trick just as good.  Sorry Dick ,    Randy N5WV
 >
 >
 >
 >------- Original Message -------
 >From    : AA6DX - Mark[mailto:aa6dx at arrl.net]
 >Sent    : 4/11/2007 4:47:51 PM
 >To      : icom at mailman.qth.net
 >Cc      :
 >Subject : RE: Re: [ICOM] Icom 706 MKIIG cap/mars mod
 >
 > Hey Clete et al .... I never heard of this ever before, so way curious 
where
 >that information is documented   ????
 >
 >   "Now you are responsible if some
 >unauthorized person does just that, transmit on a frequency that they
 >shouldn't be.  You run a great risk if you pass the radio on to someone
 >else later.  Perhaps you'll want to trade it or whatever sometime."
 >
 >  --Tnx es 73
 >Mark -  AA6DX
 >
 >AA6DX at ARRL.NET
 >
 >----- Original Message -----
 >
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