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What Radios Use 902-928 mHz?
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N4KVE
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Motorola MTS2000, MTX9000, 9250, GTX, & XTS2500.
Its a part 15 license free band in addition to an amateur band but very few 900MHz amateur radios are made. I have an Alinco DJ-G29 that does 902-928MHz and a lot of people modify 800MHz commercial equipment for the 900 amateur band.
prcguy
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teufler
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I have about 50 of the standard HX587T. A FEW Visars and Maxtracs for 900. I was a sales mgr for a radio company that owned trunking systems all over the US. We used these for out 900 community repeaters that operated in the southern states. We had good systems that covered from Slidal, La, New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Had a bunch of Johnson flip type radios, but threw them away. Standard covers the ham band though had to play around alittle. Units are software programed.
captaincab
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umm yea I was thinking the same thing lol
Yeah this forum seems to be a catch all,900 MHZ has nothing to do with GMRS,saw a few post that were kind of off topic here.
KB7MIB
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Since there is no Part 15 forum, and the OP mentioned the TriSquare and Motorola DTRS Part 15 radios, this is probably the best spot for this thread.
There's no MURS forum, either, but since MURS is Part 95 alongside FRS/GMRS, MURS threads get lumped in here as well. (Probably better than getting lumped into the CB forum.)
Anyway, I thought Hams modified 935-940 MHz radios down into the 902-928 MHz band? Or is it both? 800 MHz radios get modified up into and 935 MHz radios get modified down into 902-928?
Since there is no Part 15 forum, and the OP mentioned the TriSquare and Motorola DTRS Part 15 radios, this is probably the best spot for this thread.
There's no MURS forum, either, but since MURS is Part 95 alongside FRS/GMRS, MURS threads get lumped in here as well. (Probably better than getting lumped into the CB forum.)
Anyway, I thought Hams modified 935-940 MHz radios down into the 902-928 MHz band? Or is it both? 800 MHz radios get modified up into and 935 MHz radios get modified down into 902-928?
jhooten
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Depends on the radio. Some go up, some go down. Either end up being marginally useable.
N4KVE
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In my personal experience, 900 MCS2000's, GTX's, 9250's & most Jedi's go down to 902/927 no problem & well within spec. 900 Spectra's need a VCO mod to work there. The only 800 radio that goes up to 900 is a 800 Maxtrac, but only the receive in repeater use. The 800 Maxtrac will not tx in the 900 spectrum.
jhooten
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This may come as a shock but there are other brands than /\/\.
N4KVE
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True, but since I don't own them, or have any experience with them, I can't comment on them.
Except for radios like the low power Trisquare, you have to have an FCC Technician license to use the ISM band with a radio with any power. There is lots of experimental things going on there, but you will need a ham license. Also, 900 MHz is very much line of sight, even a tree can stop your signal.
John
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The others have been moved to off-topic wireless
mformby
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The TriSquare (which is out of business) and Motorola DTR radios cannot be programmed with different frequencies. They are preset with the FHSS simplex only frequencies and .5 watts. I don't know a Ham that would want a .5 watt radio.
I thought the DTR550s were 1 watt.
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KB7MIB
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My comment consisted of 3 seperate paragraphs. The 3rd paragraph was in response to prcguy's comment about 800 MHz commercial radios being modified for use in the 902 MHz Amateur band. It was not intended to suggest that Ham's should attempt to modify TriSquare eXRS or Motorola DTRS radios in order to operate under Amateur rules, instead of Part 15 rules.
And even though I am a Ham, I also believe that CB, 49MHz, MURS, FRS, GMRS and eXRS/DTRS radios have a place, and are useful within their limitations.
WPXJ598
My comment consisted of 3 seperate paragraphs. The 3rd paragraph was in response to prcguy's comment about 800 MHz commercial radios being modified for use in the 902 MHz Amateur band. It was not intended to suggest that Ham's should attempt to modify TriSquare eXRS or Motorola DTRS radios in order to operate under Amateur rules, instead of Part 15 rules.
And even though I am a Ham, I also believe that CB, 49MHz, MURS, FRS, GMRS and eXRS/DTRS radios have a place, and are useful within their limitations.
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