Hello Group, I may be confused....so please set me straight.
I thought that the new "Narrow Band" was the narrowing the channel spacing from 25kHz. to 12.5kHz, and of course, knocking down the deviation from 5 kHz. to 2.5 kHz. On the subject of affordable "Narrow Band" gear....I highly recommend the Icom F-121 (VHF), or F-221 (UHF). These radios feature PC programming, and are wide/narrow band selectable per channel. Price is about $275.00 for the eight channel version. There is a 128 ch. version available for more $$$$! I guess I am "Waiting in the Wings", like everyone else.....! TIM W7TRH/AFA0TP Wa. --- In [email protected], wd8chl <wd8...@...> wrote: > > James Delancy wrote: > > > > Glad to see my posts are making it. In the commercial and public safety > > world > > (Motorola style primarily as I am not entirely up on all the others except > > to > > find that the Kenwood, Icoms and Vertex stuff was slow to adopt 2.5 KHz > > steps), > > if it accepts 2.5 Khz steps, then you can select narrowband and it will > > narrow > > up its IF's for receive, boost the audio on RX and narrow down the transmit > > accordingly. All of the ham stuff that I have now will do narrowband, but > > most > > will NOT do a 2.5 KHz step. Does that help clarify it ;) > > > > James WJ1D > > Again, as of about 13 years ago or so, the FCC mandated that narrowband > modes be included in radios for Part 90. The 2.5 KHz steps issue is not > related at all. >
