Radio expert needed

Sorry fat fingers.

the w1 is the band which from memory is 470 to 500 megs.
They are 99 channel with scanning in two groups of 10 channels.
It needs an eprom burnt with the cb channels and then the radio aligned.
25 watts

Great rig, I have an unused one in the shed but on some lower freqs

If it's not legal, must be worth doing then.

if i recall
they can be programmed for cb channels

also programmed for police if you can find a police channel these days as most have gone to the new system. One usually has it programmed to recieve only on the commercial channels.

standard mode is 25 watt which makes it illegal...however there are many in use around the country operating at full power..unlikely you'll get caught.....providing one does the right thing..eg polite!

but it can be powered down to operate at 5 watts if you want...

It is legal to use on UHF, if it is reprogrammed for the right frequencies and set to 5W. But as you can tell, it is a large cumbersome radio! I wouldn't bother with it! I used a Philips FM92 (simpler control head) on UHF in my old ute. The FM91 is more flexible in what can be changed by the user, but is still annoying to use if you are used to a GME/Uniden.
If you want a basic UHF then it's not too bad (apart from the size), but if you want selcall and the selcall board isn't fitted, you might be in trouble.
Also bear in mind that this is mid 80's technology, new parts are non-existant, other spare parts are usually sourced from radios of the same vintage!

Hi Michael,

If you reduce the power and program the appropriate channels, it may comply with the specifications, but, as I understand it only type approved equipment can legally be used on CB. And these radios are not type approved for that purpose, as far as I am aware.
Not that the chances of "getting caught" are all that great, but the fines can be substantial if you do.

Cheers

yep thats what we are telling you...
but remember, as and if you are running 25watts you may get out a long way so that others will hear you but they may be only pushing 5 watts on transmit meaning that you wont hear them.....

if someone was to message me to tell me that they could do it

I would be a happy chappy

cheers lol

but he might want to have a private channel programmed for him self and mates/group? hehehe

the likely hood of it (your own private channel) clashing with a new commercial operator in the future is going to be rare...every one is going to mobile phone and two radio is being used less and less