Any Radio Buffs - Intek MT 5050 - Walkie Talki for Euro trip

[Far Cough]

All understood thanks.

[Ranger 6]

mph1977 said:

if you use 446 frequencies with a none 446 radio you are breaking the law

if you use PMR frequencies without a licence covering them where you are you are breaking the law

if you use amateur frequencies without an Amateur licence you run the risk of the amateurs hunting you down, IIRC much of the amateur 70 cm is secondary user

So, the Intek has:

30 CHANNELS PMR446
99 CHANNELS LPD433
20 CHANNELS LPD433/PMR446 (SEMI-DUPLEX)

http://www.thiecom.de/ftp/intek/mt5050/channellist...

Can you point me to a document or resource that shows which of these channels are legal in which countries ( I have looked but end up with complex stuff I can't interpret or on amateur forums where they're wingeing about anything and everything)

I simply want to use them to the best of their capability without upsetting the authorities

Oh yes, WTF does 70cm mean in the realms of Hz & Khz?

[TonyRPH]

Ranger 6 said:

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Oh yes, WTF does 70cm mean in the realms of Hz & Khz?

400 mhz

See this chart

[Ranger 6]

Thanks

[Who me ?]

Formula ( from days at tech college) is

wavelength = 300*10exp 6/ frequency ,
frequency =300*10exp6 / wavelength.

I did find a wiki page ( using CB CHANNELS IN EUROPE), but did not list channels relative to Europe, except for bit about Germany.

[mph1977]

Ranger 6 said:

So, the Intek has:

30 CHANNELS PMR446

interesting

there are 8 frequencies allocated to PMR 446

446.00625 MHz
446.01875 MHz
446.03125 MHz
446.05625 MHz
446.08125 MHz
446.04375 MHz
446.06875 MHz
446.09375 MHz

although many radios claim to offer more 'channels' via the use of subaudible tone squelch (CTCSS)

Ranger 6 said:

Oh yes, WTF does 70cm mean in the realms of Hz & Khz?

that's O -level physics stuff , previous posters have posted the formulae

what the amateur radio types call 70 cm is approx 430-440 MHz

[Far Cough]

Having taken delivery of the Baofeng GT3 mk2 I am impressed with the quality compared to what I expected ! I have only scratched the surface with them and have used them in Low Power setting on the PMR channels. They seem fine. I appreciate they can do all manner of things ( I have no idea what a repeater is or does )but they will be dormant in the drawer until they are used abroad purley as a back to back radio ( obviously on low power too ahem )

Thanks for all the advice

[Foliage]

So if i was to buy one of these what licenses would i need and how much would they set me back?

[mph1977]

Foliage said:

So if i was to buy one of these what licenses would i need and how much would they set me back?

there is discussion of whether key pad frequency entry kit can be used on 'proper' PMR licences

if you accept this view or get designed for PMR sets the licence you'd need for Uk is probably Uk light PMR,

Ofcom site with PMR licence information

http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radiocommunication-l...