RW>>> rules per se' that are regularly posted.
 RD>> Hey,sounds like a prompt to post da rules again....;-)
 I'm posting them with this packet.
 RD>> 11m radio -conversion- or -modification- to amateur band use is
 RD>> on-topic. 11m use for 11m use,no matter the mode,is out.
 RW> Thanks.
 Welcome.
 RD>> I'm gathering info on converting 49MHz HT's to 6m FM use.
 RD>> Got any ideas on that one Roy?
 RW> Most of those things are surface mount technology and that makes it 
ough
 RW> to make mods, but it's not impossible.  I've got a friend who's a
 The ones I want to convert to 6m use are single channel and 5 channel Radio 
Shack units. One main crystal and a PLL chip on the 5 channels.
 The single channel ones are small enough to use as QRP HT's for close-in 
conversations you don't want half the world to hear yet still stay legal.
 With scanners and a few human repeaters locally it can be a bit too much to
hear something you talked about on simplex being blabbered about on a 
epeater
mere minutes after you say it.
 RW> Modifying one might be pretty easy if it's big enough to work on.  The
 RW> other problem he's run into is that the radios are made to use and 
discard
 RW> if something goes wrong with it.  Motorola doesn't even print a service
 RW> manual for them, other than the shop tune up manual...
 They are for some fun on 6m FM and to get a friend a cheapo 6m rig so if
I can get them on some obscure 6m frequency area it will be ok.
 RW> That's the high priced radio spectrum. Now if you're going to buy a 
adio
 RW> Shack copy, you're in even deeper feces.  Like Motorola, they use
 RW> proprietary circuits in one chip.  Mostly made in Malaysia.  He told me
 Must be anewer version of the ones I have.
 The crystal is a fairly common frequency value and the PLL is the same as 
one used in an 11m rig. Hey,cheap recycling!
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