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Using 900 radios, I’m getting 3/4 of a mile. I mile on UHF, & 1 1/4 mile on VHF. Plenty of unused freq’s between 860-862. Check the FCC database in your area.
That doesn't help if he's not licensed to use them though.
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I run a couple of 800MHz systems, and I have a few simplex channels in the radios. Working in heavily forested areas, I can tell you that range will be poor on these frequencies.
As others have pointed out, there are no "free" frequencies in the 700 and 800MHz bands. No itinerant channels, no CB/public use channels. Most of the spectrum is set aside for public safety users, some commercial users, and if these are pre-reband radios, cellular. Causing interference to any of those users will result in issues you don't need.
Even though those radios will run 3 watts transmitter power, you'll get much better performance from 2 watts on MURS, or even a couple of watts on UHF (FRS/GMRS). 800MHz isn't a good choice for this sort of stuff.
As others have pointed out, there are no "free" frequencies in the 700 and 800MHz bands. No itinerant channels, no CB/public use channels. Most of the spectrum is set aside for public safety users, some commercial users, and if these are pre-reband radios, cellular. Causing interference to any of those users will result in issues you don't need.
Even though those radios will run 3 watts transmitter power, you'll get much better performance from 2 watts on MURS, or even a couple of watts on UHF (FRS/GMRS). 800MHz isn't a good choice for this sort of stuff.
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His question was simply what range he could expect. He didn’t ask anything about licensing. I simply answered his question.
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If I didn't know any better and asked a similar question, I would not mind if someone mentioned a potential legal problem. There is a fine line between a habitual frequency cop and a helpful suggestion.
Just because there are plenty of unused frequencies doesn't mean OP is allowed to use them.
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But yet we have hunters using marine radios in the woods hundreds of miles from water. We have hundreds of people buying non Part 90 CCR’s preprogrammed on commercial freq’s using them to talk simplex to each other. Many people ask questions about programming radios, but yet the “bottled“ reply is “buy a scanner”. I simply answered a technical question without spouting the legal disclaimer.
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