800 to 1300 Mhz???

[alamo5000]

Anything in that range there... 800 all the way up to 1300Mhz...

What/who would normally use these frequencies?

Here is the reason why I am asking... I posted this in another section but I also think possibly you guys have more information on usage, etc...

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I have recently purchase/installed/currently use a Kenwood D710A as my mobile unit.

It is running with a Comet SBB5 NMO antenna with a 5" mag mount.

Now here's the rub... the antenna works absolutely excellent on 144 and 440 and all other stuff in that range....

However the radio has a mode where you can also monitor 800Mhz on up to 1300Mhz roughly is the range.

Now my question is, with my current antenna could I still listen in on those frequencies? Or would I need to get another antenna (or two) for it?

To the best of my knowlege no one in my area uses 800 to 1300 Mhz but in other cities around from what I hear they do.

I am a brand new HAM so really and truly are these 800-1300Mhz generally just law enforcement bands or what?
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For you guys though, who/what is the normal use of the 800-1300 Mhz frequencies?

FYI I am near Houston.

 

[nd5y]

746-806 land mobile "700 MHz"
806-896 land mobile & cellular "800 MHz"
896-901 land mobile "900 MHz"
901-902 narrowband PCS
902-928 33 cm ham, ISM
928-929 fixed microwave
929-932 paging, narrowband PCS
932-935 fixed microwave
935-940 land mobile "900 MHz"
940-941 narrowband PCS
941-960 fixed microwave
960-1240 air navigation (TACAN, DME, ADS-B, ASR)
1240-1300 23 cm ham band

Nearly all the voice communications in the land mobile allocations I listed above are trunked. That is probably the only thing you will be able to hear.
Almost everything else is wideband and digital modes that you can't receive on a narrowband FM receiver like your Kenwood.
I had a SBB5 once. The performance is not much good outside the ham bands.

 

[alamo5000]

Maybe this is a stupid question, but what does 'trunked' mean?

 

[nd5y]

You have never heard of a trunked radio system?
Trunking Basics - The RadioReference Wiki

 

[alamo5000]

I am BRAND new. As in completely new to this. I just got my most basic ham technician's license about 3 weeks ago.

I don't know much. At least not regarding all this radio stuff.

Although by this point I am getting my hands around the regular HAM stuff fairly well.

 

[GrayJeep]

I found several LTR systems (keyword to look up) in the 935 Mhz range near Denver.

 

[slicerwizard]

Brand new ham may want to learn how to capitalize MHz.

 

[W2NJS]

There are arguments that abound as to the correct abbreviation for megahertz. Hertz is a person's name, so the rule says it should always be capitalized. Using that method, the correct abbreviation would be " mHz." However, the ARRL says it should be "MHz" and I forget their reason but it's the way they insist it be written. Whatever you do, don't use "mcs" as that labels you as being from the days of the Dick Tracy wristwatch radio.

And to clarify one comment made above, if your receiver will receive wideband FM communications signals (not broadcast FM) then it will also receive narrowband FM communications signals just fine. It will not receive and decode any digital signals.

 

[W6KRU]

The capital M means mega (1,000,000). The small m means milli(.0001). Thus the correct abbreviation is MHz not mHz unless you mean milli-hertz.