I should clarify that I was referring to new commercial gear coming stock with
4Khz dev on 20Khz channels as one of the selectable bandwidths per channel. So
far as I know most new VHF/UHF amateur gear these days is user selectable as
either wideband or narrowband. I'm working more today with the newer Moto stuff
(Astro, Pro, and Mototrbo) and don't keep up on the amateur gear as much I used
to.
Gary
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> Paul,
> the underlying and unexpected contridiction here was not between 15Khz vs.
> 20Khz channel spacing but instead between 20Khz and 25Khz channels more
> commonly found on UHF which as you know is where GMRS resides. Historically
> there's more than enough guard between channels to compensate for slight
> overdeviation or slight drift off channel but now everybody wants to tighten
> things up so new gear is coming stock with 4Khz max dev associated with 20Khz
> channels vs. 5Khz dev which we've all enjoyed for years on 25/30Khz channels.
> Seems a bit odd of them to expect no interference problems from +/-5Khz peak
> dev on a 20Khz max channel but it is better for us users to have the option I
> suppose.
> Gary
