At 04:34 AM 05/01/10, you wrote: > > While this one is not a huge problem, it happens too. Visitors come to Las > > Vegas from a lot of foreign countries. People in the UK have whats called > > "PMR" radios. It's their FRS service. The radios are all simplex, > 8 channels > > on 6.25Khz splinter channels starting at 446.000 !!!! Yep! if you > scan those > > channels here you DO hear activity on them! > >For the record, most countries in EU have license-free radios in >3 frequency ranges: >- LPD (Low Power Device), 10mW, 433.075 - 434.775, > 68 channels in 25 kHz raster. > Not so polular beacuse 10mW doesn't get far in cities >- PMR (Public Mobile Radio), 500 mW, 446.000-446.100, > 8 channels in 12.5 kHz raster: > 1 446.00625 > 2 446.01875 > 3 446.03125 > 4 446.04375 > 5 446.05625 > 6 446.06875 > 7 446.08125 > 8 446.09375 > These radios generally have PL support. > Note that in EU, the 70cm band is 430.440 MHz so it is out of > our bands here. > These things are VERY popular - recently bought 2 radios for > $35 together with charger and NiMh cells! >- Digital PMR, 500 mW, 446.100-446.200, > This is like the analog PMR but uses digital voice (this is what > ICOM developed D-STAR for) > >Note that the American FRS/GMRS radios are simply illegal here, as >these frequencies were used by law enforcement till recently >(so not a good choice even to "chance it"). > >You indeed might want to take this into account when setting up >repeater frequencies. > >Hope this helps, > >Geert Jan PE1HZG
Sounds like 446.01-446.200 is a good place to put Dstar or P25 repeater outputs, or point-to-point 9600 baud packet links... Just out of curiosity what are the USA FRS and GMRS frequencies used for now? (you said "until recently...) Mike WA6ILQ
