Posted: 9/17/2007 11:00:11 AM EDT
| Can the mobile transcievers used for HAM also be used as scanners to listen to other frequencies, or are they (for example) limited to 2m/70cm communication only? |
Unless it's really old, they work just fine. In fact they will usually have better receive than a scanner of VHF/UHF freqs. They scan slower, and cannot trunktrack trunking systems, but for casual VHF/UHF scanning they work fine. If....... (big if).... If someone has a radio modded to transmit out of band, when you program a business/public safety freq in that radio, you can transmit where you do not belong. Be sure to set the offset to a large enough offset for that CH to make sure you transmit in the hamband (or where the TX will not work) in the event that you key the PTT by accident. |
You'll have to check the receive frequencies for each radio individually. Many can, including the HT's. I certainly use my VX-7 for that. |
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All of my Icom ham radios will receive out of band. The IC-2100 will cover from 137.00 mhz to past the weather band at 162.550. My Kenwood Tm V708 will cover the same as the Icom on VHF, and also up to 470 mhz on UHF. Most of the later model HT's can receive the same ranges. The most noticeable problem on the amatuer radios is a lack of a channel lockout function that is easy to get to. To lock out a channel required several button pushes. RS |
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