Subj : Re: TX on Aviation band with 2M Radio To : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf From : nospam Date : Thu Oct 13 2005 03:50:45 From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:15:31 +1000, Barry OGrady wrote: >On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:57:35 -0400, Roger wrote: > >>On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:20:56 -0500, Chris W <1qazse4@cox.net> wrote: >> >>>nospam@nouce.bellatlantic.net wrote: >>> >>>>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. >>>> >>>> >>>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. >> >>Purchase the Yaesu (Vertex) dual band aviation and 2-meters. > >What sort of meters and how do you use them? 2m as in 2meters band 144-148mhz in the USA. >>Although not legal, I've seen many an Icom set up for the aviation >>bands for transoceanic flight. >> >>> I have no idea what frequencies they use >>>for that. >> >>There are several HF aviation bands and I don't have a copy of the AIM >>here (not sure if it has them or not), but as I recall they are a bit >>above 75, 40, and 20. They are in the range of 5mhz to 18 mhz which several distinct frequencies earmarked. >>Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) >>(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) >>www.rogerhalstead.com Allison KB1GMX Cessna 150 '528 Far from the oldest~! .