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PMR 446 Event/ TX Trial

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    #2
    PauloMN
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,869 Mod ✭✭✭✭PauloMN


    I'll be away that weekend unfortunately, would have been on for that... good idea!


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    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    Looks like it could be a bit of fun. Good link, great idea. Hopefully if it goes well there will be more.


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    sensormatic
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭sensormatic


    lads no matter where you are on the day or what part of the country, local, country, in the hills or at home if you have a radio switch it on the more the better just a bit of fun also there will be a few stations from england and wales also in the mountains and along the coast.


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    gbee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,388 ✭✭✭gbee


    Channel 8, sub channel of 8

    For those with export models and scanners.

    Frequency: 446.09375 MHz CTCSS 88.5 Hz [Not all scanners will have CTCSS just leave it on 446.09375 and it should pick up anuway].


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    Fuzzy Clam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,293 ✭✭✭Fuzzy Clam


    Make sure you're batteries are charged )))))


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    PauloMN
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,869 Mod ✭✭✭✭PauloMN


    How'd it go? Any decent distances achieved?


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    sensormatic
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭sensormatic


    there was various contacts the longest that i know of as today was Innishannon and Bandon 65klm.
    again other one's logged was 25 klm, 15klm, 30klm, and 7,10, klms


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    PauloMN
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,869 Mod ✭✭✭✭PauloMN


    sensormatic wrote: »
    there was various contacts the longest that i know of as today was Innishannon and Bandon 65klm.
    again other one's logged was 25 klm, 15klm, 30klm, and 7,10, klms

    65km on 500mW using crappy built-in antennas is pretty damn impressive!

    Shame that the PMR446 regs don't allow for base station radios with a few watts and proper antennas (like the old 934MHz stuff in the UK).


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    deaglan169
    Registered Users Posts: 1,045 ✭✭✭deaglan169


    worked into lurgan co.armagh from roslea co.fermangh site of gb3cp, friend using a cheap binetone 150 worked into co.antrim to another guy on a high site using a walkie talkie, never got location but its a fair distance to anywere in co.antrim using 500mw from one of these http://csimg.leguide.com/process_image.php?req=GB/00000014121281629/T/340x340/C/FFFFFF/url/binatone-latitude-150-tw.jpg :D


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