I want to bid on a Motorola STX 821 on eBay... I want to buy it to practice talking on the radio. My town uses a Motorola Trunked Smartnet system. If one of the conventional freq's that are programmed into the stx i buy on ebay match one my city uses, eg (conv. freq in radio 824.475 and one in my towns trunking system 824.475) will there cause any interference by me keying up on that conventional freq or will the system not recongize the radio ID and not cause any problems????? thanks!
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Used Motorola 821 STX???
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scanfan03
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Never transmit on a frequency you are not licensed for. Yes you will cause interference. It would be pretty hard to find a radio that is already programmed for the channels you need.
C138NC
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you could just purchase a pair of FRS radios just to be on the safe side to practice before you move up to anything like HAM radio and all, you can transmit all you want without being bickered at by anyone except for little kids but you can set Private Lines to minimize interference
Just remember channel 15-22 are GMRS frequencies and youll need a license to transmit on those though the bubble pack radios dont really hit the repeaters "areas that have GMRS activity" and 1-7 are I guess what? both FRS/GMRS? and 8-14 is just FRS
FRS and GMRS Frequencies
Just remember channel 15-22 are GMRS frequencies and youll need a license to transmit on those though the bubble pack radios dont really hit the repeaters "areas that have GMRS activity" and 1-7 are I guess what? both FRS/GMRS? and 8-14 is just FRS
FRS and GMRS Frequencies
That almost made sense. Key word being almost.
FFJeffro
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DanF, I guess my biggest question is what you practice'n for?????
C138NC
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Thank you
atleast im actually going back to double check my statements haha...reminds me to plug up my FRS radios now thank you very much... they've been dead for a week.
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one line i DID forget to mention and lets hope this make sense, all FRS/GMRS hybrid radios are basically simplex? since your transmitting & receiving on the same frequency.
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On another note, why do people think jamming public safety repeaters is cool seem to flock here?
On another note, why do people think jamming public safety repeaters is cool seem to flock here?
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C138NC
Tactical Taco Consumer
just like the ones in PA that stole those FD radios, I wonder if they have any common sense to think if their life was in jeopardy, would they call 911 or use their illegally obtained radios to call for help, well atleast they can get some jail time and the FD can get their radios back.
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