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Can someone tell me if an MT1000 will tune reliably all the way down
to 144.39 mHz? My gut feeling is that it would be a crap shoot, with
high possibility of failure, but I need the experience of someone who has
done this or at least tried to do it.

Thanks.

Put one on MARS freqs at the high end of 143. Full output power. Receive sensitivity went from about .18 in band to about .22, if I remember correctly. Getting the proper split antenna helped the range as much as anything.

Mike -

I just happened to have a 146-174 mhz MT-1000 on the bench and programmed in 144.390. Receiver was -11 db and the transmit was -1.2 db off of a 154 mhz already programmed in the radio.

On this radio the VCO locked, but I have had MT-1000's that would not lock on the upper end of 144 mhz.

Thanks for the info. I'm sure it'll be helpful. Results are
just about what I would have guessed but it's better to
have the advantage of individual experiences.

Regards,