Boosting Freq.

[Navycop]

My radio only gets 380-512 freqs. Can I boost it to 800?
Thanks.

 

[N_Jay]

My radio only gets 380-512 freqs. Can I boost it to 800?
Thanks.

Most probabaly, NO.

But it would help a whole lot of you said what type of radio.

 

[BoxAlarm187]

He's using a Pro-70, and I will also have to venture a guess of "no".

800MHz radios of all flavors can be found new and used everywhere, but I am not sure if you're in the market to buy a whole new radio or not.

 

[KT4HX]

I would have to say no as well. However, it would be beneficial to know what in the 800 MHz range you want to monitor. A trunked system, and if so, Motorola, EDACS, LTR? A conventional system? Analog or digital? Are you looking for a handheld or mobile/base model? How much can you spend? Lots of questions to be answered before you can decide which radio would be best for you.

 

[Navycop]

Frequncies

I am looking for a handheld, to monitor local pd/fd in va. 50-100 dollars. I need to monitor 856-860 mhz. I wish I knew about MHZ before getting the other one. I thought a scanner was a scanner..
So would a Moto and ericcson tracking PRO-93 with freqs from 25-1300 mhz be good??

 

[KE5BCP]

I am looking for a handheld, to monitor local pd/fd in va. 50-100 dollars. I need to monitor 856-860 mhz. I wish I knew about MHZ before getting the other one. I thought a scanner was a scanner..
So would a Moto and ericcson tracking PRO-93 with freqs from 25-1300 mhz be good??

The Pro93 is a good scanner; the "little brother" to the Pro95 (95 has 1000 channels). It however will NOT work for monitoring Motorola trunked systems after rebanding occurs.

 

[Al42]

I am looking for a handheld, to monitor local pd/fd in va. 50-100 dollars. I need to monitor 856-860 mhz.

Where specifically in VA? Some of the systems are analog, but for some you'll need a digital-capable scanner.

If analog, a used Pro-95 would work now, but not after rebanding. If digital, expect to spend in the $450-$500 range if you want a chance that it'll still work in 2 years.

 

[Navycop]

How can I tell what is digital and what is analog? I am monitoring VA beach and Norfolk. I just got in this hobby and now my stuff will be out of date in a few years.

 

[N_Jay]

If you listen with a analog scanner and hera white noise it is digital!

 

[BoxAlarm187]

How can I tell what is digital and what is analog? I am monitoring VA beach and Norfolk. I just got in this hobby and now my stuff will be out of date in a few years.

Everything down there is analog except for Chesapeake and the new James City/York/Williamsburg system.

 

[Al42]

How can I tell what is digital and what is analog?

For any system, just look in the RadioReference database. There's a link to it at the top of this page.

I just got in this hobby and now my stuff will be out of date in a few years.

We're all in the same boat - some of our scanners will survive, some won't.

 

[fmon]

How can I tell what is digital and what is analog? I am monitoring VA beach and Norfolk. I just got in this hobby and now my stuff will be out of date in a few years.

Norfolk, VA Beach, Portsmouth & Suffolk Motorola systems may escape rebanding problems, though each have at least two freqs above 860 Mhz. Hampton EDACS won't be a problem. Newport News and Chesapeake Motorola will require rebanding and the latter is also mixed digital.