Re: UK PMR446 frequencies.

Hello,
Due to the very low power, if you live in the countryside, you can forget about monitoring PMR446 users. Around towns (or in the middle of them), there's hope as many professionnal use these, no licence fees for frequency usage, constructions workers for instance between the guy in a crane, and colleagues at earth level. There's little leisure activity also, montain stuff and so, and parents with children around. There are some forums of PMR446 users to get 'appointments' for a radio contact, as UHF is quite different
from lower freqs, it's an interesting playground.
Fred / France

--- In [email protected], "Bigjed"  wrote:
>
> Ok Don,and thanx for your input here.I've checked out the step size,and using the 5khz setting,this is what I'm getting.The scanner has entered channels 6 & 8 (.07 & .095 respectively) as .075 and .01 respectively.It is also recognising .02 &.03 as duplicates,as well as .045 & .055,AND .07 & .08! I think I'll just forget about this for the moment.I should add that I was able to enter the frequencies as given,into my PRO 2006 without any problems.Having said that,after monitoring them for about an hour,I heard absolutely nothing,so it's hardly worth the bother anyway.Cheers Don.
> 
> Gerry.
> 
> --- In [email protected], Don  wrote:
> >
> > Hi Gerry,
> > 
> > So yes if you entered 446.00625 with 12.5 kHz steps the result would be 
> > 446.000.0 If the first frequency is really 446.00625 you would need 5 
> > kHz steps. That is the closest you get i.e., 446.005.0 The next channel 
> > would be 446.020.0 (the closest you can get). Then the next would be 
> > 446.030.0 (the closest you can get) if you can follow the math.
> > 
> > Did a 'net search and found this @
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > PMR 446
> > 446.006..PMR446 (Euro SRBR), to 446.093 (8x 12.5kHz - within 446-446.1, 
> > 6.25kHz offsets)
> > Introduced in 1999    500mW licence exempt.      Status in Europe
> >            446.00625  1 (446.005 to nearest 5kHz, 1.25kHz error)
> >            446.01875  2 (446.020)
> >            446.03125  3 (446.030)
> >            446.04375  4 (446.045)
> >            446.05625  5 (446.055)
> >            446.06875  6 (446.070)
> >            446.08125  7 (446.080)
> >            446.09375  8 (446.095)
> > 
> > So you see Gerry you have to enter the frequencies in the brackets with 
> > 5 kHz steps.
> > 
> > Don KPC6NDB
> > Upland, CA
> > 34.10 -117.63 1250ft
> > R-75 w/250Hz 2x R-71A w/250Hz R-70
> > Perseus SDR-IQ FRG-100B SR-AF & LPF
> > DSP599zx MFJ-784B HD-1418 AF-1 MSB-1
> > PA0RDT Mini-Whip x2 @ 25ft
> > RYO Active Antenna @ 25ft
> > LFL1010 ALA100L x2
> > 
> > On 29-Jan-13 14:40, Bigjed wrote:
> > > I want to enter the 8 UK PMR frequencies,but when I entered the first
> > > one (446.00625) it appears as 446,0000.I know it's something to do with
> > > step size but not sure exactly what.The frequencies are supposed to be
> > > 12.5 khz steps but when I change to that,this is what I get.What am I
> > > doing wrong?
> > >
> > > Gerry,Norn Iron.
> > >
> >
>