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Thread: Yaesu VX3 Modifications anyone has for 220 MHz XMIT?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by WØTKX View Post
    Nope,and it is not legal. Despite this being a group of "Misfit Hams"?

    www.mods.dk probably has it somewhere. Or the Dark Web?

    That is all. No offense.

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    NTIA provides a set of recommended standards. As far what is legal, spectral purity wise, that is the role of the FCC. It is still illegal, not by NTIA standards, but by the fact that the transceiver doesn't meet the requisite type acceptance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by N8YX View Post
    The best 220MHz mod is to buy a VX6, VX7 or VX8.
    I have a TH-F6A. Full 5 watts on 220. Kenwood also has come out with the TH-D74A that has 220, but it is expensive.

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    Cut the green wire.
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    No, no! Cut the RED wire!

    Like that post was...
    Moving on, my posts are not helpful

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    Quote Originally Posted by KE6KA View Post
    I have a TH-F6A. Full 5 watts on 220. Kenwood also has come out with the TH-D74A that has 220, but it is expensive.
    I can throw my Yaesus in the creek, fish them out and keep using them like nothing happened. If the Kenwood was waterproof (not just "resistant") I would have bought it instead.

    My VX6 and VX7 have seen a lot of wet weather. Snow, sleet, torrential downpours while affixed to motorcycle and bicycle alike. Vertex and Horizon (Standard) offer models of the same line which - in addition to the 2M amateur band - cover either the VHF-AM Aircraft allocation or the VHF-FM Marine band. Both waterproof as well, and both use the same accessories as the amateur rigs. If I had a boat or a plane, I'd definitely have one of the V/H/S radios along.
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