That's where you are wrong. It is not illegal to posses one. An Amateur can even legally use one for transmit on the Ham frequencies.

__________________

SR385
I wasn't endorsing the 11 meter use. I was just showing the simplicity of being able to do so with a certain Ham rig that's docummented all over the web. Kind of jumping to conclusions . But it is known that Yaesu in the 70's and 80's recognized the market for their radios in the 11m band. QRN is correct. The internal design of the Export has circuitry that immediately converts to "channels" and bands of channels when modified. The 1-40 appear from internal design.

__________________

Hence the original INTENT of the manufacturer.

I think 10-meter radios, or super-CB radios should be allowed to be traded among hams.
Just the same as non-certified HF amplifiers can be traded legally between two licensed hams.

Alot of hams call these 10-meters radios JUNK.
I think the quality of a radio like the rci-2950 or hr-2510 isnt up to the standards of the yaecomwood units, but those 10-meter radios are good when used and tuned properly.
However, I would much prefer a IC-706 or ft-857d, etc when given a choice, and which incidently can be modified for CB just as easily as the 10 meter radios.

So the FT-101 can operate on CB out of the box, yet its not on the banned transceiver list.

What happens when yaecomwood HF rigs appears for sale at a truck stop?

__________________
"Y'all mind hanging back? You're jamming my frequencies" -- Tangina in Poltergeist

How can a HAM posses and operate a radio that a). Is not FCC type accepted, and b) not even supposed to be in this friggin' country?

Aren't HAMS the "big" FCC by the book guru's?

__________________
268 wavin'

Hams can (and do) build their own equipment. As far as commercial radios, I have a shack full of non-FCC "type accepted" (current term is "certificated") equipment, and it's all legal because ham equipment, with few exceptions, does NOT require such certification.

I don't have any "export" radios. Never have and never will because I neither need nor want them. My ham rigs do just fine on the ham bands, and I'm not concerned about being able to use any frequency from DC to daylight "in an emergency".

__________________
No trees were harmed in the sending of this post; however, many electrons were inconvenienced.

73 de K7KBN

with everything that is wrong in this world, i can't believe people are raising a fuss over some damn radios!! i mean, seriously. there a lots of things i could be doing besides talking to my buddy on an ILLEGAL radio. the fcc needs to revamp their rules and regs, anyway. we're following the same set of rules put in place in the 50's!! many things have changed since then.

The FT-101 was manufactured during the time when 11 meters -was- a ham band. So, it could cover that band legally 'right out of the box'. Doesn't apply to radios made after 11 meters was removed from the ham bands.
If you find an FT-101 that is still in the original box, never having been removed, never been turned on, you'd better hang on to that thing! It's worth a fortune ...
- 'Doc

Here is how I know. On 3/16/2007 I got my answer right from the source because I had the same feeling you do.

Popular CB Dealer gets cited for selling "exports"

__________________

Class D CB was created in 1958. Yes. taken from the ham band.
However the FT-101 didn't first appear until 1971.

__________________
"Y'all mind hanging back? You're jamming my frequencies" -- Tangina in Poltergeist