Reply With QuoteFT-817 with the wide band mod.
Handheld ham radio that can do CB and Family Radio
Hi All --
Taking my test on friday to become a tech and I am looking at mobile radios. I was looking at the YAESU VX-8DR but it doesnt seem to have the bands for Family Radio or CB. My family uses the Family Radio system a lot and it would be really great if I could use my portable ham for this also. Anyone know of a portable ham radio that can do Family Radio? I would also like it to have the 6m band.
Thanks!
Kyle
FT-817 with the wide band mod.
That is a strange radio! It is like a mix of a car radio and hand held... what do you call these kinds of radios? It fits in my budget and seems like it has more potential than a hand held.... Could this be easily used in the car and home? I thought I read somewhere that you can hook an amp to it to get more wattage.... Thanks for the help!
Its a "transportable", so its really a field radio but is popular as a mobile rig.
Worth bearing in mind that in most countries, you cannot use an amateur radio transciever for transmitting on other bands/services, no matter if you have a licence for these bands or not... radios need to be type approved for use for specific services. In the U.S, E.U. and many other countries, it would be unlawful if you used an amateur radio transciever on cb bands, and almost certainly low power public use type frequencies allocations such as PMR/Family Radio.
It may sound odd, but that's how it works I'm afraid.
Last edited by M0TTB; Thu 15th Jul 2010 at 11:53.
http://www.andybright.com/m6bbc.html A bit silly but it whiled away a hot Sunday afternoon.
Speaking of which, I see that MLS are selling lots of rigs with "Full TX + £15.00" , I am assuming that means they will be widebanded and as such illegal for use in the UK?
I think the official stance would be that they are wide banded to enable use of the 5mhz amateur band (NOV required for U.K. amateurs) and/or for vague export use.Originally Posted by w-u-b
The 40m band has been expanded over the last couple of years, so that would've been some legit justification for wide band tx to cover extra 100khz that old stock may not have been able to cover. The 40m band will eventually go up to 7.300mhz.
http://www.andybright.com/m6bbc.html A bit silly but it whiled away a hot Sunday afternoon.
There's no problem using a wide band tx on ham freq, remember lots of people use pmr rigs and homebrew!
Exactly, you can use modified equipment to be used on amateur bands, it works that way around. Type approval doesn't come into amateur radio as such, as the pastime is all about experimentation and that you are deemed capable of keeping within conditions of use in the amateur bands.
http://www.andybright.com/m6bbc.html A bit silly but it whiled away a hot Sunday afternoon.
Ah, that doesnt make sense to me, but there must be a reason for it. I was wondering why I was having such a hard time finding a radio that did more of these 'common' bands (cb, family.) I only say common because common people can use them without much effort. Now I know why most ham's I see in pictures have lots of radios! Maybe that will be me someday =) Anyways, I think I will focus my efforts on picking my first real ham radio and leave the others to another day. Anyone know if a ham store in the Chicago area?
AES in Milwaukee, just up the road...≋<8-)x
73
Pat K7KBN
Using an Amateur Radio rig to transmit on CB or Family service frequencies is illegal. If you are caught doing so you risk losing your license.
pretty slow moving forum. I tried to post several hours ago and I received a message that it needs to be approved? LOL
There aren't many Admins, at the time you posted was when the UK admins were fast asleep.
We only have one US admin, but he doesn't always log in every day.
New posters are moderated for a low number of posts to stop spammers, and it works as we have little spam on the forum.
Sorry for the delay, but the post has been approved now.
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