Handheld UHF selection criteria

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Originally Posted by nod 130

ProjectDirector,
I'm leaning towards these:
1 x BLACK 5W UHF FDC CB RADIO FULL RANGE + Earpiece - 409SHOP LIMITED (HK) Radio Wholesale
Reasons being, a good price, easily available spares and accessories, they're robust (military spec chassis etc) They can easily be programmed with aussi 80 channels, I've already got a couple and they've been good, and nobody has come up with a better suggestion considering for my current requirements, I don't need dual frequency.
Don.

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Don

When you talk about easily programming with aussie 80ch, what does it involve? Pardon my ignorance, I am familiar with CB radios.

Cheers

I was able to select 12.5 MHz channel separation, then starting at the frequency for channel one (476.4250 MHz ) advance through all 80 channels naming them as I went along. There is an easier way. Get a programming cable with your purchase of the radio(s) and programme through the computer. The frequency list is on the web.
Have a read of this as well
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/communicat...age-chart.html

Don

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Originally Posted by nod 130

I was able to select 12.5 MHz channel separation, then starting at the frequency for channel one (476.4250 MHz ) advance through all 80 channels naming them as I went along. There is an easier way. Get a programming cable with your purchase of the radio(s) and programme through the computer. The frequency list is on the web.
Have a read of this as well
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/communicat...age-chart.html

Don

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I should add that as my radios already had the 40 channels, all I had to do was put the other 40 in between them.

G'day Don,

I share your view on the FDC units. I don't own one myself but have dealt with a few and they seem quite robust.

These units are pretty easy to program if the software is readily understandable, and I've seen some crap editions out there.

I do hope you meant 12.5KHz earlier as not even TV channels have a 12.5MHz separation typically.

Also be sure to set the transmission mode to Narrow FM otherwise all that good work to put all the 80 channels in the existing spectrum will be undone when the radio deviates over the neighbouring channels during transmission.

Just my $0.02 worth.

Cheers,
Iain

Thanks for the good info, I will find a way to buy these somehow!!

Thanks Rangiebit, Yes I did mean kHz, and I'll check the transmission mode setting as well, though they've been working ok with others. I'm learning as I go.
Don.