REPLICA Marconi PRR Radio

[TrevDog]

Saw this baby online today while searching for cheap airsoft gear: ACMgear.com, Replica Marconi PMR radio set (ACU)

According to the description,
-Replica Marconi Personal Multi role radio set (PMR)
-Comes with Radio, Headset, Radio pouch, Hand remote control and instructions
-UHF Frequency range
-1W/3W output power
-16 Memory channels
-CTCSS/DCS
-Built in scrambler
-Remote PTT
-PC programmable by transfer cable (not supplied)
-Battery save function
-Colour: ACU
-Weight: 500g
-Manufacturer: ACM

Freq range is 16 channels from 440.050-440.800- correct me if I'm wrong, but don't some of these fall under Ham bands? I have to say though, I wouldn't mind picking one up just to see what its like...

 

[methusaleh]

The PMR radio service is, I believe, the UK's equivalent of FRS in the USA.

I am guessing someone got a PMR radio's guts to fit inside of a molded replica shell.

Which is terribly interesting, because I was working on a similar design concept with a military reenactor about two years ago, though we were replicating WWII and Vietnam-era radios....I wonder if the fellow I collaborated with has actually carried out our ideas...fortunately or not, I wish to have nothing to do with him anymore, and have no idea where he is living now or what his business venture may be. My fiancee may know, however, as I believe she knows the man's uncle.

 

[prcguy]

Why not just get the real thing? I don't do Airsoft but do have a collection of radios that would be fun to use if I did.

The dual PTT versions of the PRR PRC-343 radios are cool because you can use the single headset with another radio by just pressing the other PTT button.

These radios are not a civilian service or equivalent of FRS, they are short range tactical radios used like an intercom within a unit. They are standard issue now for the US military.

Here is my collection of PRRs with one connected to another type radio.
prcguy

 

[mmckenna]

There are several products I've seen out there like this, most duplicating the Harris MBITR type radios. All of questionable design and no info on FCC type certification. Most seem to be designed around GMRS/FRS radios. PMR is the European version of FRS, and as you stated, falls inside the 70CM amateur band here in the US.
Very likely this radio is not type accepted for use in the US.

 

[kb2vxa]

Amateur transmitters need no FCC certification (type acceptance is the old term), as long as they meet requirements for spectral purity they're just fine.

 

[prcguy]

The three PRR radios in my picture above operate within the 2.4GHz amateur band and also the 802.11B wi-fi band.
prcguy

Amateur transmitters need no FCC certification (type acceptance is the old term), as long as they meet requirements for spectral purity they're just fine.

 

[mmckenna]

Amateur transmitters need no FCC certification (type acceptance is the old term), as long as they meet requirements for spectral purity they're just fine.

Receivers usually require part 15 as an unintentional radiator, at least on the mass produced stuff. If I remember my FCC rules correctly, If you build more than a few, then you have to get it approved. If you are building a single radio for yourself, you are good to go. Anyway, I was referring to the ones I've seen that have FRS and GMRS...

 

[MTS2000des]

correct, as amateur radio operators, we are free to use ANY equipment on any frequencies and modes permissible by the FCC and license class, as we are solely responsible for the proper technical operation of our stations.

To sell any amateur radio gear commercially, it must meet FCC approval from the OET.