Itinerant License

[RadioGuy7268]

I'd stay away from VHF for itinerant repeater use with un-trained random campers/counselors and portable radios. Yeah, you give up a little bit of maximum outdoor range using UHF, but at least you are dealing with actual paired freq's, and not trying to explain the Near/Far desense phenomenon to people who keep wondering why Johnny's radio doesn't break squelch when they key up from just 10 ft. away, even though they are on the same channel.

 

[dwparker94]

My itinerant freqs, 151.700, 151.760, and 154.5275 are licensed for 60 MO at 35 watts and my 151.505, 151.5125, and 151.625, 158.400, and 158.4075 are licensed for 60 MO at 50 watts with analog and digital voice emissions. I thought about adding the FB2I station class, but I really don't see a need to use of a repeater at this time.

If you don't mind me asking, how did you get licensed for 50w? I thought itinerant was max 30w with just a few being 35w?

 

[DeoVindice]

If you don't mind me asking, how did you get licensed for 50w? I thought itinerant was max 30w with just a few being 35w?

Power limits are on a per-frequency basis. The Part 90 IG frequency pool has the information you'll need.

 

[nokones]

If you don't mind me asking, how did you get licensed for 50w? I thought itinerant was max 30w with just a few being 35w?

It was easy, I just put 50 watts down on the 601 for the respective freqs and 35 watts for those respective freqs.

 

[dwparker94]

Yeah, I have been all over the Part 90 and I am not seeing anywhere it states the maximum power allowed except for those few frequencies that are 35w. I did find other licenses to look at (including yours nokones) so I have something to go off of. I just wanted to see if I could license for 200w that way if I ever upgrade the mobiles to 110w, I would still be within the license limits.

 

[nokones]

Yeah, I have been all over the Part 90 and I am not seeing anywhere it states the maximum power allowed except for those few frequencies that are 35w. I did find other licenses to look at (including yours nokones) so I have something to go off of. I just wanted to see if I could license for 200w that way if I ever upgrade the mobiles to 110w, I would still be within the license limits.

Essentially, that is what I did is looked at other mobile licenses. I think the RF power limitations for subpart C freqs may be regulated by the Table in 90.205. I couldn't find any other rule saying differently.

I'm using a couple of Motorola XTL5000 UHF High Power remotes and I have the radios set for 50 watts RF output so I don't draw a huge amount of DC amps when I key the radio. For my VHF freqs, I'm using the Motorola XTL2500s Mid Power remotes and I have XTS5000 and some HT1000 portables.

Anyways, 110 watts is only approx. 3 dB more and that does not equate to a huge difference in the farz, maybe a mile or two more, so I don't see the benefits especially for simplex mobile use. I don't have any Amateur Radio freqs in the radios just the VHF Itinerants and some other VHF freqs in the two VHF radios and a gazillion GMRS freqs for off-road trail comms. I never had a need to program any of the Part 90 subpart C freqs in the mobiles. I just have them programmed in my portables.