I have an Icom F30GS and an older Icom F30LT 16 channel. One of the guys I occasionally hunt with also has one of the F30LT's and a newer Motorola CP200 4 channel radio. The VHF MURS has noticeably better range versus the UHF GMRS W/T's in the woods.
Bob
Hi Everyone,
Is anyone using MURS? IF so I was curious as to what you are using for equipment. I would like to use MURS but am unsure what to use for radios.
Thank you for your help.
Well, If I got a pair of Motorola CP200 VHF portables and had them set to low power (2 watts) and I had no way of increasing the power would they be legal to use for MURS?
What is with all the radio police busting people on "type acceptance"?
As I think about the MURS service I started thinking if there are any legal MURS radios available and I really don't think there are. There are plenty of commercial portable radios that are part 90 certified that can be programmed not to exceed 2 watts and will do the correct bandwith for MURS. There aren't any portable radios to my knowledge that are VHF and are part 95 certified. Any ideas or thoughts to this statement?
I thought there were some bubble pack MURS radios, bu Motorola, but I could be wrong.
Found this little tidbit that could be helpful.
Determined quickly whether a radio is legal to use on MURS:
•If the radio is Part 95 certified and operates on MURS frequencies
•If the radio was Part 95 certified prior to November 12, 2002 and transmits no more than 2 watts, and has no external control to increase power above 2 watts and only operates wideband on the 154 MHz frequencies (all parts must be true)
•If the Radio was Part 90 certified prior to November 12, 2002 and transmits no more than 2 watts and has no external control to increase power above 2 watts and does not narrowband on the 151 MHz and 154 MHz frequencies or narrowband on 151 MHz and wideband on 154 MHz frequencies (all parts must be true)