I recently bought a UNIDEN HAM radio from EBAY, and i have been doing some research on how to do modifications on it to increase my frequency range (mostly from this site: http://www.mods.dk/). So I read that I need a 6.5536 Mhz Crystal to solder to the 100pF capacitor. So I went ahead and bought one and I located the capacitor but there's a damn 0.1 uH molded conductor sitting right on top of it! Should I take it to a specialty shop and get them to solder it? I'd prefer not to, since this particular modification is illegal where I live. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I know radios, WTF?

Can anyone help me? I'm ready to get my HAM on.

Whatever you do, don't reverse the polarity.

NONSENSE! That's exactly how he can get his HAM on.

If you two are working together to impending my getting my HAM on, I will be upset.

erm...

To start with, saying you bought a "HAM Radio" via Ebay is odd. Care to tell us what band?

Secondly, the government, at least in the United States, requires a license to use the amateur bands. I'm not going to lecture you about acquiring your license, but I will suggest you govern yourself accordingly.

Lastly, why are you wanting to open up more frequency range? If you just want to monitor (listen and log), a scanner would be a much better investment. If you want to use the radio waves properly, then I really suggest you take some time and learn a bit more about amateur radio and get your license.

Just my opinion. As always, I'm certain that your mileage will vary.

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6.5536 is the crystal used for making Redboxes, which up until about 2003, could be used to beat high pay phone prices by playing a certain tone into the phone, which would trick the computers into thinking you had plunked down your money for the call. While I doubt that placing it into your HAM unit will get you free calls anymore, it might be fun to have a 6.5536 crystal for historical sake.

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Whoa, that sounds pretty neat! Are you saying I have the wrong thing for my HAM though?

Putting it in a radio doesn't make much sense to me though....whats it gonna do for ya??

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