I do not follow all this 800 meg stuff a lot, but I thought the law
said " difficult", not "impossible".  I guess any of those radios
could be made to receive 800 mHz, given enuff thought and energy
applied to the task.  Does that mean if anyone reports that a radio
can be made to receive 800 mHz the FCC will cease sale of those radios
.  I have not had to mod a radio for years (usually for MARS) as
most radios come with it already figured out, but as I recall it
was simply and L/C ratio change in the oscillator for most I did
(Heath, Hallicrafters, Hammarlund and E F Johnson).  The Collins
were only xtal changes and ICOMs diode removal.  GE and Motorola
were cap changes on the coils.  Most today are wide-band already.
MIght have to get one of these and put my mind to 800 mHz.  Seems
easiest would be a converter and use receiver for an IF either
tunable or fixed.  73 de Ronnie
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