[Kenwood] Modified VHF/UHF rigs

[Paul Manuel]

--- John Geiger <ne0p at lcisp.com> wrote:
> Here is a question I have been discussing with another local ham, and
> one that has us puzzled.  I would guess that maybe 5% of hams are
> involved in MARS or CAP (that is probably a high estimate).  So why is
> it that 80% of the used VHF/UHF rigs and HTs have been modified for wide
> band transmit?  Are there really that many freebanders out there?

I have never operated MARS or freeband with my rigs, but I have modified
most of them. Modifying rigs is one of the things hams traditionally do,
and the wideband mod is one of the few mods we can make without having to
be an electronic genius.
By the way, I think the term "freeband" refers to the illegal frequencies
some operate on around the CB band, but the term could have changed.
73,
Paul K4PDM



		
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