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These are currently my duty/field pair of handie talkies. I use one of them for work, and when
on trips with friends or family, I operate them on lower power in the FRS band (as to not break
any of those coveted FCC laws) to keep in touch. They're invaluable on the camping hiking trips.
They operate on the UHF band with a 438-482Mhz band split at 5 Watts. This allows me to use them
for the repeaters at work, as well as the local repeaters in the amateur radio bands. They are often
referred to as an "H" or "A7" model because they posess a full DTMF keypad and a display. Very handy.
More detailed information about these, and ANY Motorola communications product can be found on the
BatWing Laboratories home page. They also have an excellent forum
on there to chat about Motorola products. If you need any info, these guys rock. You can also buy/sell
equipment on there for free. Excellent place to pickup some used equipment.I get a fairly good range with these. The 5 Watts does much better than I thought it would. These are EXCELLENT HTs for repeater usage. I can hit a repeater on top of a 45 story building downtown 2 blocks from Bourbon St. from just about anywhere in the Greater New Orleans Area. In turn, I can also talk to another repeater residing in the 2m/440 band that about 135 feet up in Old Metairie from the outskirts of downtown. Of course, weather, sun spots, and nuclear holocausts affect the range of these babies.
As you can see, one of the radios is equipped with the 3.5mm screw on plug adapter for use of a surveillance microphone or remote PTT button. We use the over-the0-ear earpieces at work. I just find the add on to be bulky and it's a pain to remove everytime I want to have my radio programmed too!
For your viewing pleasure, I have included an extremely high resolution picture of the radio on the right. This should clear up any questions about the front face if this radio if you have any. Needless to say these are great radios. They have the extreme durability and longevity you'd expect from a commercial/industrial style Circle M radio.
Surfing the Airwaves, 73,
Dave (KE5BMS)
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