Ooops.........I just realized, and sorry to the OP for the hijack. My bad...

But no, you can't legally run a 10m mobile unless you have a license. HAM ops can use their 10m rigs on the CB freqs. as long as they turn down the power to 4 watts.

 

yes you explained it much better than me.

thanks

 

If you just want a CB then I understand. But seeing that you plan on getting your license,....why bother? For most people the test is very easy, and I'm sure it will be for you as well. Just put in a little extra time and before you know it you will be a HAM. Then the list of radios will be wide open to you. You can take your pick from a monoband VHF FM mobile, dual band VHF/UHF FM mobile, to an all mode (AM, FM, USB, LSB, CW) 10m mobile, to an 10m/12m all mode mobile, to an ALL band, ALL mode Hf/Vhf radio. Like I say it's wide open and with your licence will have some privlidges to use all these different radios.
Of course, it's up to you......

 

NO
You can not legally have a single radio that can do CB and ham bands.

The FCC does not license radios to do this to be sold. Modified radios that do this are not legal. If you have a Amateur Radio license you could loose it by having a radio like this in your possession.

 

who's going to know and who is going to tell.

what is worse a modified radio or a modified rig with an engine chip that is for off road use only and you drive the rig on the road.

be careful SEMA you guys are in for some big fines, just like the truck stops that sell modified radios.

did I just hijack a thread

 

I think he started off this thread by saying that he needed CB band because his buds that he wheels with have CB and are not ham ops and have no interest in becoming ham ops that is why he would bother. You savy now?

 

Hey "smart ass" (your words...lol), in his second post he said he was "working on his license", and as far as I knew a HAM op could operate on the CB band with his HAM radio "IF" he turned it down to 4 watts. So that's why I said why bother. Because he could just pass his test, get a HAM rig, get the MARS mod and talk on the CB freqs with it.....capishe?...(see there was a method to my madness)
But now I see mcds99 says we can't. I thought a CBer couldn't run a modified HAM radio, but a HAM could, again, if the power was turned down. Guess I'll have to look up the rules. Unless mcds99 could show them to me.

 

I believe that a CB radio must be type-certified. Since a modified ham radio would not be so certified, it wouldn't pass muster.

 

That is absolutely correct, as I checked out these options a while back.

However, with all these modified 10 meter units running 200+ watts all over the place, I doubt anyone would notice an IC-7000 running 5-10 watts on CB frequencies. Just don't advertise it I'd say.

When I get the ICOM, I will probably scrap using the Galaxy 939 in the Jeep for CB frequencies, but I love my big pretty CB. And I am planning on using the ICOM HT with the linear for a while in the Jeep anyway, if my back ordered antenna ever gets here!

 

Hi Mark.....Yes, overnight I found out that mcds99 is indeed correct. I ran it past a few of my HAM buddies and some were like me and some not. I don't talk on the CB freqs anyway so is of no concern to me. Just wanted to know for sure. I guess the confusion was because years ago the HAM bands actually did include 11meters, so infact HAM radios were made to tx there. So needless to say there are still quite a few old "tube" type radios out there and tx'ing on the CB freqs. Also, CB radios are often legally modified by HAM ops to talk on the HAM bands.

I guess I just looked at it as a matter of common sense....(again my mistake) Meaning, the FCC legally allows us to run up to 1500 watts. BUT they want us only to run the amout of power needed to make the contact. So in essence they are trusting us to "do the right thing"....so to speak. But, on the same note, I guess they can't seem to "trust" us to turn down the power to talk on the CB freqs. Oh well......such are the FEDS.....

Anyway...my bad. I was wrong and hope I didn't steer anybody the wrong way. Just don't keep up on the regs like I should, or have forgotten what I used to know.....CRS syndrome

BTW...Here is a good FCC link for CBers to look around on if they'd like... http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/ind...ice_home&id=cb