Subj : Re: TX on Aviation band with 2M Radio
To   : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf
From : nospam
Date : Wed Oct 12 2005 19:07:23

From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:12:05 -0500, Chris W <1qazse4@cox.net> wrote:

>Does anyone know if any of the 2M hand held radios can easily be 
>modified to transmit on the aviation frequencies (108Mhz - 13?Mhz)?

Vertex actually makes a dual bander (air and 2m).  Not sure if it's
type accepted.

FYI: the voice (coms) portion of the aircraft band is 118 to 135.9 
the segment from 108 to 117.95 is used for directional navigation
beacons know as VOR.   Aircraft band radios for legitimate uses
are available and fairly inexpensive and include a nav function 
(Vhf OmniRrange).

Interfering with either Nav or Coms is a federal offense under both
FAA and FCC.   If you think the FCC can be nasty the FAA 
and NTSB are worse.  

Allison
KB1GMX also pilot.

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