Half the responses to the question of modifying transmitters are missing the
point. Regardless of the care, quality, ad nauseam, modification of a
transmitter in the 72mHz band is illegal unless type certified by the FCC or
unless the individual modification is performed and tested by a properly
licensed person. THAT'S THE LAW
Your liability in using an illegally modified transmitter is complete and
totally undefensible. You crash someone's airplane - or someone CLAIMS you
crashed their airplane and you have NO DEFENSE. You will have to pay. The
sad part about this is that ANY contest director who allows this to happen
knowingly or otherwise is also liable.
End of discussion. Nothing about this is debatable. Logic doesn't allow
you to circumvent the law.
THAT'S THE LAW, and unless you can get an administrative judge, Congress or
the Supreme Court to overturn the current laws, rule and regulations,
you're out of luck.
CEASE AND DESIST
The use of illegally modified transmitters.
Continued discussion of the subject is asinine and pointless.
Jim Porter
Bettendorf, Iowa USA
"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please."
Mark Twain
> Wouldn't it be simple enough just to do a proper test. Set up your
modified
> radio with 3 receivers one on the proper channel and the other 2 on the
> channels just adjacent on either side. Have a go with the transmitter and
> see if you are splashing onto the outside 2 receivers. If you are not then
I
> don't see what the problem would be.
>
Because you haven't tested to see if anything is going on somewhere else.
There is more to transmitter design than keeping adjacent channels clean.
> I think the real issue is doing mods like this without properly testing
the outcome.
The real issue is that this is illegal - and, 99.9% of the people doing the
'testing' don't know how or what to test for.
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