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07-13-2009, 05:49 PM
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Last night I was watching the show, and a couple of times they showed the radios and "ARROW2" was on the display.
I hunted around for a while last night, but Google, FCC, or RR didn't have anything at all about that label.
Does anyone know about the radio systems used by Carlisle, and while on the Dalton highway how much communications is there with fixed stations?
I wonder how many are hams lol
Jason
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Oh, and an IFR-1500 
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07-13-2009, 10:40 PM
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If you watch the show they have Icom 2200H's mounted in the trucks. I wonder if they are using amateur frequencies or possibly GMRS. I think they are far enough from civilization for no one to complain but who knows.
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07-23-2009, 05:50 PM
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On one of my many trips to and from Alaska when I was in the military, I once got a ride with a Car Transporter (we talked on the CB for a while, and he said pull over, we loaded my truck on his carrier, and we rode to Edmonton! All he wanted was to have someone to talk to face to face) anyway, he had a marine radio in his truck......
Again, to far north for any to really care....
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07-25-2009, 08:19 PM
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I watch that show every week, and I'm almost 100% sure what you are seeing are possibly IC-F121-series mobiles, not 2200's! 
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07-27-2009, 11:54 PM
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Nope, that isn't the correct font for what I saw, but thank you anyway.
It is very interesting that they appear to be using amateur rigs, and probably scores of them, too! They are probably using business frequencies. If they were on amateur freq.'s, someone would have heard all of that traffic by now.
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Oh, and an IFR-1500
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08-08-2009, 07:50 PM
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No its a Icom 2200H in most of the trucks but if their on a ham band or Digital who knows.
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08-08-2009, 09:25 PM
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The audio doesn't sound digital at all. I doubt they would spring the extra $200 for the Dstar board in the 2200.
The give away that they are amateur rigs are the microphones that are being used.
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08-09-2009, 01:36 AM
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I haven't physically seen the radios, but those mikes are the HM-133, those come with the 2200H and V8000 mobiles. On the other hand, you might be able to use those with a regular mobile, if the radio supports it, you might be able to switch channels from the mike, something useful when driving.
I just ran an FCC search for Carlile and Alaska, and all the hits I get are either VHF (158 and 162 MHz) or UHF (452/7.70 and 452/7.850 MHz).
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08-09-2009, 11:31 PM
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The "Ice Road Truckers" run 2200H's on VHF Hi band business freqs. When Jessie James did his run on motorcycle, they used CB, and MURS rigs, which only worked part of the time because they froze.
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08-10-2009, 12:33 AM
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Just recently I have seen ROAD 1, and 151.600 on the display in the shots of the radios.
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900 GTX MSR-2000(for APRS) MSF-5000(for 900), Mitrek repeater on 449.175
Oh, and an IFR-1500
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08-25-2009, 07:23 PM
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08-26-2009, 10:31 PM
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KL7FZ - over on the zed gave us a list of freq's that he states to personally know about from working on some radios from Carlile.
Here they are, along with the freqs I found at the ULS Database.
KL7FZ's information:
Arrow 2 is 162.270.
Arrow 1 is 155.190
Others they use are:
Ladd 1 154.100
Ladd 2 158.940
Ladd 3 154.325
Carlile 160.125
Haulroad 151.925
Alcan BS 153.035
My ULS Finds:
452.700 / 452.850 / 457.700 / 457.850
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08-27-2009, 12:27 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KC9NCF
KL7FZ - over on the zed gave us a list of freq's that he states to personally know about from working on some radios from Carlile.
Here they are, along with the freqs I found at the ULS Database.
KL7FZ's information:
Arrow 2 is 162.270.
Arrow 1 is 155.190
Others they use are:
Ladd 1 154.100
Ladd 2 158.940
Ladd 3 154.325
Carlile 160.125
Haulroad 151.925
Alcan BS 153.035
My ULS Finds:
452.700 / 452.850 / 457.700 / 457.850
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interesting, 3 of those channels are common trucking(ladd 1,2,3) channels in BC and Yukon, maybe even the arrow channels too. |
08-31-2009, 10:38 PM
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That's great!! Please thank KL7FZ for his help. Now there are a couple of more questions:
What each channel is used for, is it true that they are using amateur rigs for a commercial application?
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900 GTX MSR-2000(for APRS) MSF-5000(for 900), Mitrek repeater on 449.175
Oh, and an IFR-1500
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09-28-2009, 01:57 AM
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Sorry for bumping, but I saw earlier today that you can make a MARS/CAP mod to the 2200H and you can transmit 136-174 MHz. So that explains the Amateur rigs, which are also about $100 cheaper than the most basic Icom VHF mobile
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10-07-2009, 06:01 PM
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You can modify most amateur radios, but to use them on such a large scale is just asking for a visit from the man.
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PSR-500 BC780's BC760's CD-1 PRO-92 51 2026 2036
Flex-3000, FT-8900 IC-740 SB-102 SB-220 TH-F6A TH-D7
900 GTX MSR-2000(for APRS) MSF-5000(for 900), Mitrek repeater on 449.175
Oh, and an IFR-1500
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