Subj : Re: TX on Aviation band with 2M Radio
To   : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf
From : Chris W
Date : Wed Oct 12 2005 14:20:56

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

nospam@nouce.bellatlantic.net wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:12:05 -0500, Chris W <1qazse4@cox.net> wrote:
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>>Does anyone know if any of the 2M hand held radios can easily be 
>>modified to transmit on the aviation frequencies (108Mhz - 13?Mhz)?
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>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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I was just trying to kill 2 birds with one radio.  But I guess I will 
probably end up getting an aviation only  hand held for the back up to 
the airplane radio.  I wasn't too interested in the nav features that 
some aviation hand held radios have as most people I have talked to find 
it not very useful.

While were on the topic of aviation radios, I understand for 
international flights across the Atlantic, you need an HF radio.  Could 
a 6M radio serve this purpose?  I have no idea what frequencies they use 
for that.

-- 
Chris W

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