MCH wrote: > I'll take a few XTSs or XTLs for a couple hundred bucks each - or even > $600 each. > > But that aside, why is a P25 radio the only one you should be able to > get to do 440-476? > > Even so, P25 is a small percentage of Motorola's entire line. > > Another point: If the radio has a bandwidth of 62 MHz, why can't I get > one to do a 36 MHz bandwidth of 440-476? Why can't I get the radio to go > 5 kHz "out of band"? You USED to be able to do that. Why has Motorola > made their units (again, I'll say it) so ham unfriendly? > > Joe M.
One reason I suspect-Lots of 'ham-friendly' radios get sold by unscrupulous dealers who just want to sell radios. They will put 'unused' (or so they think) ham freqs in them, sell them to a business, or even a gov't agency, and be told 'we added a couple of 'private' channels where you won't have interference.' And Moto dealers have been known to be on the list too...
