Posted: 1/25/2011 10:44:51 AM EDT
| Ok search and google failed me. I have an opprotunity to place a bid on a pallet of two way radios from a school district. Other than setting up a base and having a two way network of my own any ideas what these could be used for. what more info would i need to get, how do i determine what range they broadcast and recieve on ? they are mostly midlands I ll get the model #s if it would make any differance. There is like 20 on a pallet and im thinking they wil go cheap. Right now I do not have any ham certs but ive been wanting to if these are able to be modified or somthing it might push me into getting my ham. thanks guys sorry for my ham ignorance |
| thank you tesla what info would be on the radio that i could give you all as I do have the opprotunity to handle them before bidding. They were all used on busses and district support viehicles. I will bring home some examples of model numbers and post that after work (I work swingshift). |
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model numbers would be best, if you talk to them ask them for any information they have. its possible they could be programmed to work with what you need ETA: also it might be worth just buying them and selling them off individually, but you might get stuck with a pallet of radios if you take that risk
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Most 100w radios will not program for low power, the high power amplifiers get unstable at low power levels.
If they are only spec'd for 150+, it would likely be a challenge (if not simply impossible) to put them on amateur frequencies. It would appear that this model is not narrowband-capable, which is probably why they are being replaced. After 2012 all the commercial LMR stuff (on VHF and UHF) is supposed to go to narrowband... so unless it is capable of being used on amateur freqs, it becomes an expensive weather radio receiver. |