Two way radios

[Ed]

Of course using it over 0.5w is illegal in the UK

Actually its illegal to use anyway as it is capable to a higher output. PMR is very restrictive on the hand sets that can be used legaly without a license.

Ed

 

[Moonraker]

Actually its illegal to use anyway as it is capable to a higher output. PMR is very restrictive on the hand sets that can be used legaly without a license.

Ed

I am sure you are right Ed. However looking at their web site before I posted it appears to be very widely used. Note in particular the second of the two testers who recorded the voice demo on the web site:

Don't take our word for it, ask the hundreds of motorcycle training schools nationwide using this equipment as a means of communicating with their pupils, or...


listen to how this system performs at speed....

This demonstration was performed on a private road using 80 Series PMR446 radios and recorded on a Sony MiniDiscTM.

Commentary by:

Mr Ian Hart (Former DSA Certified Supervisory Instructor, IAM Observer, Civilian Observer for Warwickshire Police BikeSafe, and Justice of the Peace)

Seriously, can so many training facitities be using illegal kit?

 

[Ed]

Seriously, can so many training facitities be using illegal kit?

Or they may be licensed (as business's can) to use higher powered sets and or other frequecies.

There are many private users who use radios that are bought off ebay that are illegal to use in the UK. It is not illegal to sell them, just to use them to listen in on frequencies you are not licensed to and use them to transmit. Many people in the UK opperate outside the law and the old RA (now defunct) used to turn a blind eye to it as so many were doing it. But it is still illegal. PLEASE REFER TO OUR RULES AND REGS ABOUT DISSCUSSION OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES..... it just not allowed to be disscussed here, feel free to take it to the 446 forum you mentioned.

Ed

 

[Dennis Mapletoft]

i was looking last week for some hand helds, i found a few on e-bay, have a look there are some 8km range ones about at reasonable prices. yours Den