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How can i can i legally get Motorola handhels like ht1000s or aby if them to be able to be legally used on murs band?
 

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How can i can i legally get Motorola handhels like ht1000s or aby if them to be able to be legally used on murs band?
You can't. Only Part 95 certified radios are allowed on MURS. If a radio is capable of operating on other frequencies it can't be Part 95 certified for MURS. Unlike GMRS where many UHF radios are certified for both Part 90 and 95.

§ 95.655 Frequency capability.
(d) No transmitter will be certificated for use in MURS if it is equipped with a frequency capability not listed in § 95.632.
 
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just buy some ht1000 and you will be ok. not like your buying radios and uesing someones channel like police tacs. for radio to radio. i have my astro sabers vhf on murs running p25 des. you will be ok. heck if you want put the radios in low power and you will be even more ok
 

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It's funny you say that about police. I'm in police explorer Jr.law enforcement we do security at parades and need radios so I'm trying to figure out what we can use we want to use Motorola's.
 

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Simple, just program the HT1000 radio with MURS frequency only and two watt transmit power.
 

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You can't. Only Part 95 certified radios are allowed on MURS. If a radio is capable of operating on other frequencies it can't be Part 95 certified for MURS. Unlike GMRS where many UHF radios are certified for both Part 90 and 95.

§ 95.655 Frequency capability.
(d) No transmitter will be certificated for use in MURS if it is equipped with a frequency capability not listed in § 95.632.

Don't forget GRANDFATHERED Part 90 equipment. The HT1000 might fall into this category.

Older Part 90 VHF radios meeting the technical requirements for MURS can be used if they were type accepted for Part 90 prior to the November 2002 cutoff date when the changes to the MURS rules went into effect. The rule section you're quoting above is the result of the rule changes that went into effect in November 2002.

I use a pair of Motorola CP100 VHF portables on MURS. These are a fancier version of the Motorola XTN series radios you see used at Wal*Mart and other businesses. The CP100 15-channel VHF model I use was type accepted in August 2002 and meets all technical specs for MURS. They count as grandfathered Part 90 equipment and CAN be legally used on MURS. All squeaky clean and legal.
 

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Choosing a carrier frequenct

§ 95.655 Frequency capability.
(d) No transmitter will be certificated for use in MURS if it is equipped with a frequency capability not listed in § 95.632.

This could be read as, "the radio can't have a transmit enabled frequency outside the MURS freqs."
I want to agree with those who are saying just turn the power down to 2000 mW, and don't program the radio to TX outside the MURS band.
Like the Explorer scout, they can have the PD freqs scanning in the radio, but transmit disabled. I'm just sayin'.
 

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Don't forget GRANDFATHERED Part 90 equipment. The HT1000 might fall into this category.

Older Part 90 VHF radios meeting the technical requirements for MURS can be used if they were type accepted for Part 90 prior to the November 2002 cutoff date when the changes to the MURS rules went into effect. The rule section you're quoting above is the result of the rule changes that went into effect in November 2002.

I use a pair of Motorola CP100 VHF portables on MURS. These are a fancier version of the Motorola XTN series radios you see used at Wal*Mart and other businesses. The CP100 15-channel VHF model I use was type accepted in August 2002 and meets all technical specs for MURS. They count as grandfathered Part 90 equipment and CAN be legally used on MURS. All squeaky clean and legal.

OH JOY! we are having this discussion in the Baofeng yahoo groups

As far as I can tell and have found out. Motorola's on MURS is a touchy situation. Then again, here's where the REAL problem lies, in that the part90/95 classifications contradict one another like crazy because the Baofeng UV series just have the 90 cert. but yet are setup just like the HT1000's.

The FCC needs to clarify this and PDQ!
 

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Don't forget GRANDFATHERED Part 90 equipment. The HT1000 might fall into this category.

Older Part 90 VHF radios meeting the technical requirements for MURS can be used if they were type accepted for Part 90 prior to the November 2002 cutoff date when the changes to the MURS rules went into effect. The rule section you're quoting above is the result of the rule changes that went into effect in November 2002.

I use a pair of Motorola CP100 VHF portables on MURS. These are a fancier version of the Motorola XTN series radios you see used at Wal*Mart and other businesses. The CP100 15-channel VHF model I use was type accepted in August 2002 and meets all technical specs for MURS. They count as grandfathered Part 90 equipment and CAN be legally used on MURS. All squeaky clean and legal.

They are. Before the great fire I had a letter from an FCC field office confirming them to be.
 
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