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Moto Radius SM120

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:29 am
by emsbuff3240
I saw that the SM120 UHF band is only 470-490!! :o Can this radio be programmed out of band to 462/467 freqs?

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:50 am
by n5tbu
Short answer...yes.
mod

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:53 am
by kcbooboo
The GM300, which is the same radio as far as I know, covers 403-520 MHz in four bands, depending on which RF board is in place: 403-433, 438-470, 465-490, 490-520.

The programming software will not let you go too far out-of-band. The RF board is optimized for the specific range. The VCO could be retuned but the front end would not work too well.

Find the HLE number on the RF board and let us know what it is. We should be able to find the band info from that.

Bob M.

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:10 pm
by emsbuff3240
So in other words... it wont work too well right? The lowest i am going is 462.550. I do not have the radio in front of me i am looking to buy one from someone and it is 470-490.

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:02 pm
by n5tbu
Only way o know how well it will work,is to just do it! I had good luck bringing a 449-470 down to 430 with great receiver and tx specs.Seems like moto goes down much better than they go up in freq.
mod

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:14 pm
by RadioSouth
Too far of a stretch without modification and the GM based Radius radios are less forgiving than the M208,M216 types. Also being it's a 'T' band radio it might be a 12.5 spacing which would be another problem. If you haven't commited to it things would be a lot easier to get a radio to match your frequencies. (That mentioned 449-470 radio sounds like a Maxtrac).