Topband: Maritime gear programmable on ham bands?

[Gary Smith]

Sigh... Well at least my K3 won't be "opened up" by the factory to be 
an economical Marine radio.

I did though chop & diode mod my old TR-7 (I bought new) to be that 
so I could access the WARC bands without buying the Drake Aux-7 board 
& ICs to fit.

Gary
KA1j

> The real world is different than we think.  :-)
> 
> http://www.marineelectronicsjournal.com/how_to_buy.cgi?article_id=81
> 
> Often in about one minute, almost any radio will transmit anywhere across HF 
> these days. Some dealers sell them "opened up".
> 
> Not only that, dealers sell Ham Icom's and other brands as "economical" SSB 
> marine radios.
> 
> 73 Tom