ORIGINAL: horace315
my question is this,when you order a radio from lets say tower?they ask you what channel,all they do is plug in a crystal and put a freq,sticker on the radio.that being said,who would know if you changed your transmitter freq?this is just a hypothetical question.its my understanding that these radios are either low band high band,and depending where you purchased it from,mode 1 or2.is there any internal number specifying it to be on the channel it was sent with?i might be wrong but will any high band crystal fit a radio that has that designation.and if you buy a second hand radio and the crystal was changed is it illegal to buy it?
Tower has a large number of radios in stock and they tell you in their ads which channels they have available at the time of order. I'm sure they also have access to a shop where they can have them changed if absolutely needed. They are not going to break the law and change crystals and ship to you. Ask BAX if you doubt this. He is the Futaba rep on the Futaba support forum. "all they do is plug in a crystal and put a freq,sticker on the radio" That's plain ludicrous, sorry. Your LHS may pull that crap. [:'(]