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 Post subject: Narrowbanding countdown.
PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:14 am 
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:40 pm 
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And what to with all the wideband radios appearing on the market.

VHF:
Crank em down to 2 watts as its legal to run wideband on unlicensed MURS frequencies 154.570 and 154.600.
Dedicated APRS radio for base/mobile.
Echolink base radio.

UHF:
Hook a pair together for an amateur repeater.
Amateur repeater link transmitter.
Echolink base radio.


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 2:12 pm 
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So my 35 UHF P200/HT600's are dead in 740 days?


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:21 pm 
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I think GMRS is the only portion of the UHF commercial band exempt from narrowbanding. Of course we can expect wideband to live on for years on itinerants as I doubt a lot of small operations will change out their radios.


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:10 pm 
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Low band is staying wideband actually too.

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