Alinco 6M for $124 brand new?

[popnokick]

Will this radio handle 6M FM or is top end of freq coverage 45 mHz?
Amazon.com : ALINCO DR-135LH 40-45MHz Mobile Radio Transceiver : Two Way Radios : Car Electronics

 

[GrumpyGuard]

Looks like you need the DR-06 for 6 meter operations.

 

[AK9R]

The linked advertisement is for an Alinco DR-135. That's a 2m radio, not 6m.

DR-135T/EMKIII Detail information

 

[popnokick]

Huh?... when I click I get an Alinco DR-135LH on Amazon covering 40-45mHz. If you're seeing a 2M DR-135 for $124 what are you looking at as a price? The link you copied in your post is NOT Amazon but rather an Alinco page. I think the one I posted may be Alinco product intended for sale outside the US for VHF low band and not described on the Alinco site. Hence my question: Will it do 6M?

 

[k6cpo]

The linked advertisement is for an Alinco DR-135. That's a 2m radio, not 6m.

DR-135T/EMKIII Detail information

The OP referenced the Alinco DR-135LH. In the Alinco manual I have, that radio is listed as 40-45mHz.

There is no 40-45mHz amateur band in the United States. That portion of the spectrum is allocated to fixed and mobile service and also portions are used by the land mobile radio service.

 

[AK9R]

OK, I'll buy that that's an Alinco DR-135LH. I'll also buy that the frequency range is somewhere in the area of the 6m amateur band. One Russian site I found says the range is 40-59 MHz however the manual available here says 40-45 MHz.

I saw DR-135 and assumed it was the DR-135T that Alinco markets in the U.S which is a 2m-only radio. I do not believe that the radio offered on Amazon is a U.S.-spec radio. The Alinco 6m radio that looks like the listed radio is the DR-06T.

 

[k6cpo]

OK, I'll buy that that's an Alinco DR-135LH. I'll also buy that the frequency range is somewhere in the area of the 6m amateur band. One Russian site I found says the range is 40-59 MHz however the manual available here says 40-45 MHz.

I saw DR-135 and assumed it was the DR-135T that Alinco markets in the U.S which is a 2m-only radio. I do not believe that the radio offered on Amazon is a U.S.-spec radio. The Alinco 6m radio that looks like the listed radio is the DR-06T.

Yes. I have a DR-06T. It's not a bad radio but is a bit of a pain to program.