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EFJohnson 5300 Reband Question

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Good evening everyone.

I ended up getting an EFJohnson 5300 that I thought was 380-470 MHz from the good old eBay for a price that I couldn’t refuse.

I found out that the radio was rebanded to the 700-800 MHz range. Is there a way to return it to 380-470? I’d like to use as I can’t seem to find any other ones that could be used for 440 amateur radio.
 

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Good evening everyone.

I ended up getting an EFJohnson 5300 that I thought was 380-470 MHz from the good old eBay for a price that I couldn’t refuse.

I found out that the radio was rebanded to the 700-800 MHz range. Is there a way to return it to 380-470? I’d like to use as I can’t seem to find any other ones that could be used for 440 amateur radio.

Rebanding was when part of the 800MHz band was shifted down 15MHz. UHF radios were not rebanded under the 800MHz rebanding process.

An 800MHz radio can't be made to work on UHF. The RF board is different.

Sounds like the radio was recased or the seller doesn't know what they are doing.

Send it back. Get your monies returned and buy the correct radio. Leave appropriate feed back if the seller mislead you.
 

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That's pretty common for eBay. Sellers profess ignorance, knowing their listing of "UHF RADIO" will corral those who don't look closely at the model number to bite.
 

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it is not uncommon for people to buy old radios at auctions/meets/etc... and then list them for sale as is without ever checking a thing. what has the seller said when you told him the problem?
 
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Rebanding was when part of the 800MHz band was shifted down 15MHz. UHF radios were not rebanded under the 800MHz rebanding process.

An 800MHz radio can't be made to work on UHF. The RF board is different.

Sounds like the radio was recased or the seller doesn't know what they are doing.

Send it back. Get your monies returned and buy the correct radio. Leave appropriate feed back if the seller mislead you.
I messaged the seller and will see what they have to say. Thanks for the info, I at least will walk away from this a little smarter.
 
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it is not uncommon for people to buy old radios at auctions/meets/etc... and then list them for sale as is without ever checking a thing. what has the seller said when you told him the problem?
I’m waiting on a reply from them. Worst case scenario I’m out $75.
 

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Depending on how you paid, you may have options.

At minimum, leave appropriate feedback letting others know the seller does not understand the products they are selling.
We run into this periodically on this site. Someone will buy a radio off e-Bay thinking it's one thing when it's another. Or those that assume that changing the band is simple and done via programming.
 
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