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Good points. I actually thought about doing that with mine too, but don't see any advantages.
I don't think you lose anything by doing the 10/11 meter mod. Out of the box, OP1 is open and OP2 is soldered. That locks it in 10M only mode. There are two other options: desolder OP2 for the various US and international CB bands only, or desolder OP2 and solder OP1 for coverage from 25.615 through 30.105. That's what I did. You just have to hold one button while powering up, then choose channel bank A through J where D is US CB. Attached is a list of the frequencies you have with that mod; you also have the "0" frequencies (drop 5 kc) by pressing and holding the RFG button.
I agree about running the lower power, but you can select that from the front panel as well. No need to run the high power setting unless you want to.
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