Subj : Re: TX on Aviation band with 2M Radio To : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf From : Barry OGrady Date : Thu Oct 13 2005 13:15:31 From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf 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? It is >type accepted. > >> >>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? >No. It's not legal and the aviation frequencies you are looking for >are HF, not VHF. > >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. > >Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) >(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) >www.rogerhalstead.com Barry ===== Home page http://members.iinet.net.au/~barry.og .