I was in a Walmart today and saw the above radios sitting on the shelf. What attracted my attention was they said 40 channels when the FRS/GMRS is 22 channels. The radios offer the standard 121 privacy codes. The question is the extra 18 channels. I read the information from Cobras site and they state that the extra 18 channels are preprogrammed/user programmable channels. My question is does anyone know the 18 preprogrammed frequencies? A second question is how does the user enter their frequencies.
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New 40 channel Cobra FRS radios RX380TTC
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it would/should be any of the 22 with a preset tone.
so you would tell you friend to go to channel 35 and that would already have the frequency and tone set up.
there are many that have that 'feature'.
edit: i did try and find them with no luck
midland radios have their list out there.
found it,
yes it just the frs/gmrs with different tones.
so you would tell you friend to go to channel 35 and that would already have the frequency and tone set up.
there are many that have that 'feature'.
edit: i did try and find them with no luck
midland radios have their list out there.
found it,
yes it just the frs/gmrs with different tones.
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mmckenna
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Still just 22 frequencies to choose from.
40 channel slots in the radios just means you can program the 22 channels in with different squelch codes up to 40 different ways.
It's a marketing scam. People used to buy these radios based on outlandish range claims (Up to ## miles….), then they started adding more "channels" knowing that consumers wouldn't know the difference between available frequencies and available channel slots.
These have been on the market for a while.
40 channel slots in the radios just means you can program the 22 channels in with different squelch codes up to 40 different ways.
It's a marketing scam. People used to buy these radios based on outlandish range claims (Up to ## miles….), then they started adding more "channels" knowing that consumers wouldn't know the difference between available frequencies and available channel slots.
These have been on the market for a while.
I don't like it when they advertise the radios like that, its worse when they say 35 miles on a 2 watt radio.
nd5y
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Cobra's extra channels are the same as Midland's first 18 extra channels.
I added them to the wiki.
wiki.radioreference.com
I added them to the wiki.
FRS/GMRS combined channel chart - The RadioReference Wiki
Thank you everyone. I agree very deceptive. Noone in industry ever believed the outlandish range claims. This is a whole new level of a deliberate attempt to make a false claim while sounding legit. Basically it is a 22 channel radio with 18 extra memory locations added in.
I can see many consumers falling for this. I was not going to purchase the units myself. This is a perfect example of doing your own due diligence on any purchase.
My personal take on this.... I am very disappointed in Uniden. Their web page is deliberately unclear on what the 40 channels are. Uniden you can do better. To all manufacturers once you get a reputation for 'ripping' off customers you can never erase it. Case in point I have several 536 scanners. When bought the band scope option was mentioned, never was available. Now there is this second clear instance. Rest assured from now on anything from Uniden will be toughly researched before purchase or recommendation. In an attempt to make a '$50' sale you have annoyed a long term and well connected customer.
On the plus side. RR and the membership again show why this is one of, if not the best of the goto sites for information on RF equipment and use.
I can see many consumers falling for this. I was not going to purchase the units myself. This is a perfect example of doing your own due diligence on any purchase.
My personal take on this.... I am very disappointed in Uniden. Their web page is deliberately unclear on what the 40 channels are. Uniden you can do better. To all manufacturers once you get a reputation for 'ripping' off customers you can never erase it. Case in point I have several 536 scanners. When bought the band scope option was mentioned, never was available. Now there is this second clear instance. Rest assured from now on anything from Uniden will be toughly researched before purchase or recommendation. In an attempt to make a '$50' sale you have annoyed a long term and well connected customer.
On the plus side. RR and the membership again show why this is one of, if not the best of the goto sites for information on RF equipment and use.
nd5y
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Now Cobra at least two models with 60 channels.
This one was in the local Walmart. I found the channel list in the manual and updated the wiki article again.
This one was in the local Walmart. I found the channel list in the manual and updated the wiki article again.
Back in the glory days of 27 MHz CB, I recall Midland advertising at least one radio with "7 watts of power!"
And in small print it said something like "audio power". A friend liked to use the term specsmanship to describe such things. Effective sales tool to deceive the uninformed masses.
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