Full UHF Band Portables
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- SPVFD47
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Full UHF Band Portables
Are there any portable out there can cover the full UHF Band ? I'm looking to get rid of having to have a R and S split radios all the time and just carry 1.
Re: Full UHF Band Portables
With type approval? No.
- SPVFD47
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Re: Full UHF Band Portables
Theres no way to dip a S Split HT1250, HT1000, or MT(S) 2000 down in to the R Split to get a 417 mhz freq is there ?
Re: Full UHF Band Portables
No. S-splits down to 440... sometimes. 417, no way.
Re: Full UHF Band Portables
Failing that, you can fairly reliably get an R-split Jedi or ASTRO radio to 480, and a couple of MHz higher depending on that individual radio, depending on how high you need to go. My R-split ASTRO Saber III will lock up to 489MHz, though its performance up there isn't all that fantastic.
- SPVFD47
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Re: Full UHF Band Portables
My range right now is 417 to 506 mhz. I only need the R split for work, which is in the area of 417 mhz. The S split will do everything else because the rest of the stuff I use is in the 460 to 512 range. It just sucks to have to carry a 2nd portable for just 3 channels. I already have to have a VHF portable also for mutual aid in the area.
Re: Full UHF Band Portables
Thales MBITR portables will do it. But you're looking at a $7000+ price tag, and it's a pretty basic radio... No digital. But it does give you field programmability, and it covers 30MHz to 520MHz(or so) in one radio. It's pretty big though.
Re: Full UHF Band Portables
It also has no type approval.d119 wrote:Thales MBITR portables will do it. But you're looking at a $7000+ price tag, and it's a pretty basic radio... No digital. But it does give you field programmability, and it covers 30MHz to 520MHz(or so) in one radio. It's pretty big though.
There is a P25 waveform under development, and it does CVSD modes (FED-STD-1023 and non-XL DES SECURENET).