Question about MURS

[duchee]

ty for the info.how long have you had it for.?

 

[duchee]

Kenwood makes excellent Amateur radios (Ham) but they are not FCC type accepted for use on MURS frequiencies, using them on these frequineces is illegal, and not recommended.

hey sandy. im fully aware of that. im actually going to use ham with the other patrol group captain. i think thats the best thing to do since we have 6 2 meter repeaters.

 

[wogggieee]

hey sandy. im fully aware of that. im actually going to use ham with the other patrol group captain. i think thats the best thing to do since we have 6 2 meter repeaters.

I'm not so sure thats really an appropriate use for amateur radio.

 

[duchee]

captain to captain for city wide locations only. and frs for everybody else.

 

[k8krh]

Go to reddog radios..colorado..on the web he has h/t's etc for murs etc...

DOCTOR

 

[auxscan]

FRS is only a 1/2 watt, it would only work for a couple of blocks. Not much coverage. Plus its on the uhf band. I say go with murs atleast youll have more coverage and a pl/dpl activation for less interference. Unlike the bubble pack frs radio that give u ch 8-14 with an open squelch. I would say dont invest in that if are surronded by buildings, commercials, and cell towers it would be a waste of money since your farthest coverage may be only 2-4 blocks.

 

[duchee]

we have alot of houses and a fairly large business district here. ya i think murs have to be the one.

 

[LANEWZ]

duchee, I would suggest you get a business band license on UHF and purchase a second hand repeater with a telephone interconnect. You will have much greater flexibility and most importantly dependable communications for your organizations needs.

If you need any help give me a ring.

EOM

 

[Murstech]

If you can use 2 meter HTs to talk through a repeater why not experiment on simplex to get an idea of what MURS can do.
You should be able to get 2 to 3 miles between two HTs.

 

[duchee]

simplex and repeaters one of the same? i dont know that much about ham yet. and what are HT`s?

 

[Murstech]

Simplex is NOT using a repeater and usually transmitting and receiving on the same frequency. I think the national simplex freq is 147.520.

An HT means Handi Talkie. The same as walkie talkie. I think Motorola coined the term Handi Talkie.

I assume HTs are what you wanna use? Anyway by talking simplex on 2 meters with 2 watts or so output you can get a fairly good idea of what MURS will do.

 

[duchee]

yes. were a very mobile group. thank you for filling me in. i wasnt quite sure about simplex had an idea it was like radio to radio but wasnt sure. thank you for the help!

 

[kd8jhc]

...the puxing px-777. These are chinese made radios but are certifed by the fcc for use in america.

Certified for private land mobile (Part 90 - licensed frequencies), but doubtful it is for MURS (Part 95). See this thread:

http://forums.radioreference.com/all-other-receivers/95057-puxing-px-777-plus-ctcss-dpl-dcs-tpl.html

The consensus also seems to be that nobody cares. That's cool, just know the risks.

 

[kd8jhc]

147.520

146.520

on 2 meter ham, completely irrelevant to the topic of this thread.

 

[auxscan]

well that's like saying I can't program my vertex with gmrs frequencies becaues its not part 95 ceritfied. I think these rules are rarely enforced by the FCC.

 

[Murstech]

146.520

on 2 meter ham, completely irrelevant to the topic of this thread.

Its not irrelevant.. I was suggesting that if he can talk to another ham all they need to do is use simplex with two HTs and walk around the area he wants to use MURS on and he can get a good idea of what MURS can do.

If it were up to me I would buy the most powerful HTs I could afford. Use one foot rubber duckies and I bet he gets the coverage he wants.

 

[duchee]

146.520

on 2 meter ham, completely irrelevant to the topic of this thread.

thank you for pointing out his post i didnt see it lol

 

[duchee]

thank you everyone for your posts.

 

[wogggieee]

Its not irrelevant.. I was suggesting that if he can talk to another ham all they need to do is use simplex with two HTs and walk around the area he wants to use MURS on and he can get a good idea of what MURS can do.

If it were up to me I would buy the most powerful HTs I could afford. Use one foot rubber duckies and I bet he gets the coverage he wants.

He's not a ham so that wouldnt work for him.

 

[duchee]

duchee, I would suggest you get a business band license on UHF and purchase a second hand repeater with a telephone interconnect. You will have much greater flexibility and most importantly dependable communications for your organizations needs.

If you need any help give me a ring.

EOM

what exactly does a phone interconnect do?