Thread: Just got given some radios

Not ex St John Ambulance by any chance were they?

Nope, a couple were from qld rural ambos when he was up there and the other 3 came from one of their techs when they changed their systems when he was based in Stawel.

There's good news and bad news. All these radios are unlikely to be UHF, the KG 15B is apparently a VHF high ( 150-170 mhz) so the others are probably the same. There is a some use for them in various areas, but not for CB. All of them use a eprom to store program channels. Of the lot, the syntrx is the more powerful and useful. The bad news is finding an eprom programmer and writing code/ finding program for it. The word hens teeth comes to mind.
Of course I could be wrong on what the others are, so find your local radio repairers and gently ask them.

G'day Mcrover,

I'd tend to agree they are more likely to be VHF. The FM900 does have a few different versions (VHF Lo, HI and UHF). If it is the VHF version it is of interest for Ham radio operators as it is easily reprogrammed (flash EPROM) to 2meters (144Mhz) also the LROCV have a VHF freq (150 something Mhz) and FM900's are suitlable for that freq also. All tuned up they sell for about 100 to 150 bucks but as mentioned above you have to find someone with the gear to retune it - I can put you in touch with a ham radio club that has done heaps of these and may be of help.

Cheers

Ok, research last night I found that the Sawtron units are regarded as the cream of the UHF and is a 25w unit from the model number.

The Syntrx didnt bring up anything of interest and the Phillips units are said to be reliable but not much more than that.

There are a number of different versions of the Sawtron units ranging from VHF though UHF and even an HF version and the model number is the key to it all.

The model numbers on the units I have says they are Rural vic ambo set up but apparently are reprobramable with a change of Eprom.

Apparently they can be wound back down to the legal wattage that of course I will do.

I just need to find someone who will program me an Eprom now.

You will have to find some 1 that can rewrite an eprom for the philips i have a vhf 1 in the shed tuff reliable radio. look at the silver plate and read the freq number will tell u wat freq it is also the sawtron will need an eprom same as the syntrx also sounds like probably a vhf network prob no real use try selling ebay might make some cash
Cheers Shaun

All are 400Mhz apparently.........forgive my ignorance but is that VHF or is it just ambo stuff only which is no longer in use.

Originally Posted by mcrover

All are 400Mhz apparently.........forgive my ignorance but is that VHF or is it just ambo stuff only which is no longer in use.

400MHz is in the UHF band, but isn't CB or Amateur. There is a lot of commercial stuff in the 400MHz region, so you'd need to look at the exact frequencies it has fitted and match them to the band plan from ACMA to find what they were used for.