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Icom pre-set frequencies please!!!!
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cabletech
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What is it you are looking for? I have seen your posting this same question in other threads.
Icom normally does not load more then a couple of frequency's into any of the commerical/business radios.
What they do is, the radio will have a frequency at the low, middle and high end of the working range so that the dealer can have a base to check the radio out before doing any customer frequency programing.
There used to be some MURS radio's out that had just the 4-6 MURS frequency's but I have not seen any of these radios in years.
Icom normally does not load more then a couple of frequency's into any of the commerical/business radios.
What they do is, the radio will have a frequency at the low, middle and high end of the working range so that the dealer can have a base to check the radio out before doing any customer frequency programing.
There used to be some MURS radio's out that had just the 4-6 MURS frequency's but I have not seen any of these radios in years.
Penumbrian
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My experience is they typically a few frequencies which were there for test and alignment purposes during manufacture. Often the lowest and highest frequencies in the range covered by that model, and sometimes a center frequency. If there were more than a couple they were the same freq with CTCSS, DCS, 2 tone etc to test the signalling functions.
As an example I just looked at a saved factory program that came out of an F5021, was as follows:
136.1000
155.1000
173.9000
155.1000 with DCS 023N
155.1000 with CTCSS 67.0
155.1000 with CTCSS 250.3
But I wouldn't count on any factory programming to be consistent, it's just whatever is left in there from manufacture. A couple factory programs I opened up for different radios just had a single channel programmed of 136.0000.
As an example I just looked at a saved factory program that came out of an F5021, was as follows:
136.1000
155.1000
173.9000
155.1000 with DCS 023N
155.1000 with CTCSS 67.0
155.1000 with CTCSS 250.3
But I wouldn't count on any factory programming to be consistent, it's just whatever is left in there from manufacture. A couple factory programs I opened up for different radios just had a single channel programmed of 136.0000.
rapidcharger
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In addition to the above posts, you need to have a license to transmit on frequencies in the business pool. Several of those don't require coodination but the overwhelming majority of them do. That's when a separate private company picks frequencies for you based on your location and equipment. Once they do that then you can apply for an FCC license.
You can't just pick an open frequency and start using it.
You can't just pick an open frequency and start using it.
nd5y
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That's what these guys in California did. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-278980A1.pdf
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