"11 meter transceivers may be
converted to 10 meter use due to the fact that the 11 meter transceiver
has been approved (?) for use by the FCC."

Not true. The 11-meter transceiver has been approved for 11-meter use ONLY,
and the approval has NOTHING to do with folks being able to convert it to
10-meters. Hams don't need approval to use it on 10-meters. Also,
manufactured ham gear needs to meet certain specs, but it does NOT require
FCC Type Acceptance/Approval. Nowhere on my Icom does it say 'Type
Accepted."



"David G. Nagel" wrote in message
...
A.E. 352 wrote:
Ham radios DON'T have to be certified by the FCC...
a person can even build their own gear if they want. Many folks modify
11-meter radios to get on 10-meters and it's perfectly legal. What the
FCC has a problem with is the so-called 'Dual Use' radios which the
Galaxies, Presidents, Connex's, et.al. become once they have been
modified for 11-meters. 'Type Acceptance', now called' FCC Certification'
however IS required for 11-meter radios which makes the above mentioned
radios illegal.



"james" wrote in message
...
On 28 Feb 2007 20:06:15 -0800, "------------"
wrote:

+++:
+++. But I just had to make
+++ fun of the way some of the amateurs are taking the no code testing
that
+++
+++
+++ I can use all the Ten Meter Band, but it sure needs more activity.
Yeah
+++ I'll bet 28.365, 28.375, 28.385, 28.395, and 28.405 will active,
maybe?
+++
+++
+++The pro-code hams have been arguing that Galaxy radios are perfectly
+++legal for hams to use on 10 meters, even though they're illegal for
+++cb'ers to use on 10 meters.
+++
+++Well, IF that's the case, then a lot of Galaxy radios suddenly
became
+++legal on 10 meters from a bunch of people passing their ham tests
+++without having to take a code test.
+++
+++And we all now how those hams LOVE those Galaxy radios.
+++
+++I don't think they're legal even for hams since they can transmit in
+++the 11 meter cb band with more powwer than allowed.
+++
+++But since the old pro-code hams have been arguing that they are
+++perfectly legal for hams to use.....
+++
+++
+++
*****************

By the letter of the Law, they are not type accepted radios. Or better
yet thay have not been certified for the band in which Hams wish to
use them. Therefore are illegal to sell for use in that spectrum.

Still any Ham with half decent skills can build a unit that would tune
the 10M band and out perform any commercial radio built for the CB
market.

james


If you are making a transmitter or power amplifier for personal use then,
no, the FCC does not have to approve it. It however must meet certain FCC
mandated specifications. If it doesn't then it is "ILLEGAL" and it's use
can subject the operator to sanctions.
If you making a transmitter or amplifier for sale then it "MUST" be
approved by the FCC as meeting the afore said specifications.
The various so called 10 meter ham transceivers under discussion here do
not meet these specifications and are "TOTALLY" illegal for use by anyone
in the jurisdiction of the FCC. 11 meter transceivers may be converted to
10 meter use due to the fact that the 11 meter transceiver has been
approved (?) for use by the FCC. Also hams may now purchase power
amplifiers that have 10 meter capability manufactured into it by the
manufacturer. This has been the case for a couple of years now.

David WD9BDZ