so i have been perusing the manual and noticed the operating range:
1.2 Operating Frequency Ranges
130 to 245 continous coverage P25 VHF
256 to 327 continous coverage P25 VHF/UHF
380 to 490 continous coverage P25 UHF
763 to 824 continous coverage P25 UHF
849 to 869 continous coverage P25 UHF
894 to 960 continous coverage P25 UHF
my question to btt here is what were the circumstances in the development process that brought about this? is it a matter of available hardware/chipsets? did you have much choice as to components that allowed you to choose the final ranges? did the hardware options not present a problem to begin with and these were just the ranges you felt appropriate etc?
20+ years ago it was common to see scanners with 380-512 coverage,in FM mode, which has always made me wonder, since at the time 380 trunked had yet to arrive and any comms in the 380-400 were likely to be AM. I assumed this was just due to component availiblity, but never had anyone to query, as I do now