Subj : Re: Wannbe HAM
To   : Joe Delahaye
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Sun Sep 18 2016 05:00 pm

-=> Joe Delahaye wrote to Kent Timm <=-

 JD> It was not, and still is not, legal to modify a CB, as it was not type
 JD> certified for anything other then what it was built for.  Yes, Ham
 JD> Radio is about experimenting, but that is not part of it unfortunately.

I would be very surprised about this.  Modding CBs for 10m was a popular way to
enter the hobby once upon a time.  I was led to believe US type approval was
for gear that was _sold_ as ham gear, but hams could build or modify anything
they wanted to, provided they met the technical specs.  And a modded CB is fair
game.

I would be _very_ surprised if a modded CB was illegal to use on the ham bands,
with the possible exception of UK and Aussie Foundation licensees - who
certainly couldn't modify one legally, and probably not use one someone else
modded either.


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