[chirp_users] Input out of range freq channels

[Dean Gibson AE7Q]

On 2013-02-25 13:48, GaryErrol wrote:
> I have used mine successfully, TX/RX, above 512 MHz.
>
> Gary N9PTC

I don't think you are understanding the point I'm making.  Just because 
a given radio can do a given thing in a certain circumstance, doesn't 
mean that it's generally "usable" in those conditions, in any practical 
meaning of the word.

Who knows what power output you really had.

Who knows what the SWR was, and whether you are damaging the radio by 
transmitting out of the band that the radio was designed for.  Do you 
think that perhaps the radio manufacturer might have mentioned that the 
radio is "usable" where you think it is, if they could support such an 
assertion?

Who knows whether it was in compliance with FCC spectral/bandwidth 
requirements.

These are all things that go into whether a radio is "usable", in any 
commercial sense.