So, I made a trade today and got myself a FT7800R ham radio, later I found out it was MARS/CAP modded = for those who doesn't know, it allows the radio to transmit out of band like GMRS, other than been illegal, the radio also looses power transmitting out of the HAM BAND, did some bench test and I get 38-41watts on HAM BAND but once I go over the 440mhz the power drops a lot, on 462mhz I'm about 23watts and 467mhz at 19watts and drops by the second.
Other than been illegal, the modification could damage your radio. I would love to be legal and have the full 40-45watts output
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So, I made a trade today and got myself a FT7800R ham radio, later I found out it was MARS/CAP modded = for those who doesn't know, it allows the radio to transmit out of band like GMRS, other than been illegal, the radio also looses power transmitting out of the HAM BAND, did some bench test and I get 38-41watts on HAM BAND but once I go over the 440mhz the power drops a lot, on 462mhz I'm about 23watts and 467mhz at 19watts and drops by the second.
Other than been illegal, the modification could damage your radio. I would love to be legal and have the full 40-45watts output![:(](https://forums.mygmrs.com/uploads/emoticons/default_sad.png)
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