Re: Re: Wannbe HAM
  By: Tony Langdon to Joe Delahaye on Tue Sep 20 2016 08:09:00

 JD>> Indeed.  That is where that type approval comes into play   Go
 JD>> out of band, and no longer type approved.  Some of them could also
 JD>> be turned up some in power, but not by a lot.

 TL> Yes, but that only applies to non amateur services here. So a modded CB is
 TL> no longer type approved for CB, but perfectly legal for use in any amateur
 TL> band it's capable of transmitting in (by a licenced ham, of course!).

It has been a very long time since I even used a CB, so, as another friend
suggested, I may indeed be wrong about what I am pretty sure I was told, but
probably just mis-interpeted because of my license class 


 TL> However, the use of land mobile HF radios (4WD clubs/RFDS) on the amateur
 TL> bands does not voide their land mobile type approval, because this is not
 TL> a mod, simply reprogramming by a dealer. In face Codan did make a HF radio
 TL> that had ham VFO functionality. It was designed for the hams who travel
 TL> the outback. They could have all of their remote area frequencies and the
 TL> amateur bands in the one radio, and the VFO let them tune around the
 TL> amateur bands freely.

 TL> Similarly, Those with a commercial frequency and appropriate radio can get
 TL> amateur frequencies programmed in as well, to save installing an
 TL> additional radio. Can't go the other way and use your ham radio on the
 TL> commercial frequency though. There's that type approval thing again. :)

I wonder if that is available here as well.  I havent kept up with the latest
tech.  Got a new 2 meter a while ago since mine bit the dust after a lightning
strike nearby.  It acually didnt hit the radio, but rather the PS which fried
the radio when I turned it on :(  Insurance paid for both.
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