FSR Accident

[Caper11]

could you elaborate? what do these units look like?

Abnormal amount antennas on the roof of the minivan. Only the second one Ive ever seen, I can’t recall what emblem was on the door.


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[Got boost want snow]

After putting in 20 years as a radio tech. 30watts is all the federal licence is good for and it is a federal licence to be renewed every year. Money grab so really only businesses licence their radios. That being said you can have 1000 w but if the receiver on your radio is suspect you have nothing.

 

[neilsleder]

Never understood why the higher wattage radios are illegal? Not very familiar with them so it could be obvious but not to me lol

 

[Dawizman]

Never understood why the higher wattage radios are illegal? Not very familiar with them so it could be obvious but not to me lol

There's a few reasons.

-Interference with other users (further away)
-RF Exposure limits

 

[Caper11]

Never understood why the higher wattage radios are illegal? Not very familiar with them so it could be obvious but not to me lol

Technically they are not, it’s the regulation of the channel and the licence requirements to respectively communicate on those channels.


CB’s are limited to 4 watts. I have a portable cb that capable of over 50w, now I’m in the ham radio range for licensing requirements. I also have a 100W linear or booster, to use with a 4w output CB.
Some nights I had no problem talking to someone 2000km away.
These baofeng radios over 4w are technically not permitted for use in Canada because of the power they can produce on certain channel ranges.


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[fynnigan]

Back in the pre RR days there was a lot of overlap on fsr s using the same road channel so you would have guys calling kms on different roads with the same channel. Keeping the power lower and switching to RR s helped .but sometimes too much. Higher elevation and less obstructions gets by with lower power . Closer to the valley bottoms not so much

 

[RGM]

Having a vehicle mount antenna also make a huge difference with a Baofeng. Mag mounts aren't very expensive

 

[kimrick]

Plenty of 50W mobile VHF radios out there. Used to work in the industry, sold thousands of them in my time. Legal? Depends. But there's nobody out there measuring signals to make sure you're compliant.

Sorry for the slight derail.
Who or where does the programming in cold lake now?
Used to just go see Art for all my radio program needs.

 

[Dawizman]

Sorry for the slight derail.
Who or where does the programming in cold lake now?
Used to just go see Art for all my radio program needs.

Art can still do Vertex and Motorola.

 

[X-it]

Yes there are. I have a Yaesu that's 75w. Kenwoods pretty good at sticking to the regulations though if you're buying locally. I guess you can probably get anything online these days..

I have the Yaesu 8900r as well, i thought it was 75 watts. I did not realize with this radio you needed a n connector for the antenna. I never got it working right, ordered a new mic to see if that was the problem, but never got around to see if that was the problem. A room full of radios.

 

[moyiesledhead]

I have the Yaesu 8900r as well, i thought it was 75 watts. I did not realize with this radio you needed a n connector for the antenna. I never got it working right, ordered a new mic to see if that was the problem, but never got around to see if that was the problem. A room full of radios.

Does the 8900 require a solder modification to open up the FRSR vhf channels? My 7900 did. I was hoping they'd go back to the old secret change it from a button combination method.