Kenwood pkt-23 in use at B.J.s Wholesale Club

[ipfd320]

I was at BJ,s Wholesale Club in Jensen Beach Florida a couple of days ago and when i was at the exit waiting for the person going thru my basket to coincide with the recipt i saw he had the kenwood pkt-23 radio on the desk so we started talking about it--as per him he says the whole store has them and wasent sure on what frequency it was set for--the audio wasent really that bad if your in a quiet environment and away i went

So today i started looking into the Radio Specs--well here they are from this Link-->
Specs | PKT-23 | License Free Radio | Communications | KENWOOD Singapore

Frequency Range 446.0 to 446.1 MHz (8 Operating Frequencies Available)
Number of Channels 8 ch
RF Power Output 0.5 W (ERP)
Battery Life (5-5-90) Approx. 15 hours
Dimensions (W x H x D)Excluding antenna 46.0 x 85.0 x 21.0 mm
Weight with Battery Approx. 110 g

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And Completely Different Specs on this Link--( I Didnt Notice if it was the K model I Saw )-->
PKT-23K | On-Site Business Radio | Communications | KENWOOD USA

- 1.5 Watts Transmit Power
- 4 Channels
- Enhanced KENWOOD Audio
- Micro USB Port
- VOX Ready
- IP54 & MIL-STD 810 C/D/E/F/G 11 items
- Li-Ion Battery offering up to 15 hrs of Operation
- 2 Year Warranty

^^*(NOTE there is No Frequency Range on This Set of Specs)*^^

**(And the Site Says there License Free)**---

SO What Does Your BJ / Sams Club Use at their Facilities--So Far ( Jensen Beach Florida ) on My Report
Now that i Know the Freq Range I will have to Listen In Next Time and Post the Findings


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[Markb]

If you're thinking about checking the 446 range that the radios in Singapore show, I don't know if I would bother. Here in the US, that's in the 70cm ham band. Unless there's some provision for low-power use, I would think the US versions would be in the 451-470 range somewhere.

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[mmckenna]

Frequency allocations are different based on the country. As Markb said, the PMR frequencies used in most of Europe and similar frequencies in Singapore (446, aka PMR446,etc) are the 70 centimeter amateur radio band here in North America. Very unlikely they were using PMR radios here in the US.
The "K" model IS the North American model. This is very likely what you saw. The "K" models have access to 89 or 99 preset frequencies (depends on the region) in the 451-470MHz range.

You might be able to do a search in that range and find them, but with electrically short antennas and relatively low power, you'll need to be pretty close by to hear them.
You could search the FCC database and see what frequencies they are licensed to use.

Whoever set up the radios would have had access to these 99 frequencies. Only 4 can be in the radio at a time:



No.
Operating frequency
1
464.5000
2
464.5500
3
467.7625
4
467.8125٭
5
467.8500
6
467.8750
7
467.9000
8
467.9250
9
461.0375
10
461.0625٭
11
461.0875٭
12
461.1125٭
13
461.1375
14
461.1625
15
461.1875
16
461.2125
17
461.2375
18
461.2625
19
461.2875
20
461.3125
21
461.3375
22
461.3625
23
462.7625
24
462.7875
25
462.8125
26
462.8375٭
27
462.8625
28
462.8875
29
462.9125
30
464.4875
31
464.5125
32
464.5375
33
464.5625
34
466.0375
35
466.0625
36
466.0875
37
466.1125
38
466.1375
39
466.1625
40
466.1875٭
41
466.2125
42
466.2375
43
466.2625
44
466.2875
45
466.3125
46
466.3375
47
466.3625
48
467.7875٭
49
467.8375
50
467.8625
51
467.8875
52
467.9125
53
469.4875٭
54
469.5125
55
469.5375
56
469.5625٭
57
462.1875
58
462.4625
59
462.4875
60
462.5125
61
467.1875
62
467.4625٭
63
467.4875
64
467.5125
65
451.1875
66
451.2375
67
451.2875
68
451.3375
69
451.4375
70
451.5375
71
451.6375
72
452.3125
73
452.5375
74
452.4125
75
452.5125
76
452.7625
77
452.8625
78
456.1875
79
456.2375
80
456.2875
81
456.3375
82
456.4375
83
456.5375
84
456.6375
85
457.3125٭
86
457.4125
87
457.5125٭
88
457.7625
89
457.8625

 

[cmdrwill]

And those freqs REQUIRE a FCC License.

 

[ipfd320]

Thanks Mckenna--i boo-booed when i posted what freqs to listen to i wanted to put uhf in the bands u posted but it was to late to edit it out

Appreciate the detailed list now to go and play a bit