In addition to what I said above it would still be useful to hear from Harry if the 8m band could be added. I too would be happy to pay for a custom build Trevor G0KTN

I sent an email to Harry back in March about this. The idea being to update the firmware for the Desktop v2.58 hardware to allow users to add the 8m band. At the time he said there had been no progress but it was on the ToDo list. One problem would be the low pass filtering within the existing hardware - are the existing filters good enough for 8m ? Adding extra bands (outside the usual amateur bands) would open it up for anyone without specific National permission to tx around 200mW in the ISM bands which have a general limit of 10mW Trevor G0KTN