 neonhomerKK4BFNPremium
join:2004-01-27
Edgewater, FL
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Toy 2-way radios Okay... the kids got a pair of those toy two way radios for xmas. Short of having to scan from DC to Daylight, is there a way to find out what frequency they use? Looking to mess with the kids by using a GMRS radio (if on the same freq) or by just setting the scanner up to listen.
Or I could plug the freq into my Icom IC-91A and listen in as well. (Can't xmit, since I HIGHLY doubt those lil HT's are in the 2m band.)
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neonhomerKK4BFNPremium
join:2004-01-27
Edgewater, FL | reply to neonhomer
I don't think there is a specific model. More like they are just cheapie Chinese toys. |
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 drjimPremium,MVM
join:2000-06-13
Long Beach, CA
kudos:3 | Might be either 49MHz or 27MHz. |
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If they are legal for the US market there should be an FCC ID number on them somewhere. This is all you need. |
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tobicatPremium
join:2005-04-18
Tombstone, AZ | reply to neonhomer
Almost all toy hadi talks use these.
Frequencies used by baby monitors, walkie-talkies and other misc devices.
All in MHz
Channel Frequency
A 49.830
B 49.845
C 49.860
D 49.875
E 49.890
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They are usually 49MHz.
27MHz used to be common but not so much now.
Do you have a MFJ antenna analyzer? It has a built in frequency counter function. You can find it using that.
About the only thing you can transmit on those freqs is an opened up (MARS/CAP) 6 meter rig. |
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neonhomerKK4BFNPremium
join:2004-01-27
Edgewater, FL Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
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No.. I wish I did have one... just don't have the coin for one.
I had to figure that they wouldn't put cheapie 2-ways in the GMRS band.
49 and 27 used to be the older R/C frequencies, IIRC.
They only transmitters I have right now are the Icom HT, a Yaesu FT-2900, and a Yaesu FT-101ZD... so I think it would be foolish to buy a radio just to mess with my kids....
Hopefully they don't find my old Motorola Radius SP-10's I have...
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U is for Uranium...... Bombs...
N is for NO SURVIVORS!!!!!" Sheldon Plankton
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 Channel OnePremium
join:2010-04-16
Fort Lauderdale, FL
kudos:2
 ·Connexion Techno..
| said by neonhomer:They only transmitters I have right now are the Icom HT, a Yaesu FT-2900, and a Yaesu FT-101ZD... so I think it would be foolish to buy a radio just to mess with my kids.... Yea but you could have some real fun stepping on em with both feet using one of these. 
»www.ebay.com/itm/MOTOROLA-SYNTOR···c1becbb1
Wayne
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 jmpenguinJmpenguinPremium
join:2004-01-16
Labelle, FL | Wayne: What is low band? Do people still us it?
Is that the low end of 800mg band?
John
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drjimPremium,MVM
join:2000-06-13
Long Beach, CA
kudos:3 | "Low Band" generally means "VHF Low", from 30~50MHz.
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Channel OnePremium
join:2010-04-16
Fort Lauderdale, FL
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Connexion Techno..
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said by jmpenguin:Wayne: What is low band? Do people still us it?
Is that the low end of 800mg band?
John
Low band is like 27.49Mc or 35.14Mc, it was used back in the days when men where men and it took one to lift a mobile radio, yes the good old days of mobile radio with the headlight dimming dynamotors and dual 6146’s.
800 Mhz ha, it’s well so microwaveish, almost feminine like, with it’s itsy bitsy little waves that couldn’t light up the darkened florescent tubes in the overhang of a closed for the night gas station, while simultaneously setting off the burglar alarm system, if it tried.
No sir, if you want a real mans communications system you need a quarter wave, bird killing, ceiling slapping antenna mounted to the rear quarter panel of a Plymouth Fury, connected in the trunk to a 100 watt MASTR tuned to 35.14.
Now you are talking communications, sometimes from Miami to LA.
And yes even though the batwings claim you cannot spell garbage without GE, the MASTR was one bullet proof boat anchor and a real ham man about town always had a four channel head, even if he didn’t have eight crystals in his radio.
Wayne
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 KeysCaptPremium,Mod
join:2001-07-11
Keys Exile
kudos:1 | "quarter wave, bird killing, ceiling slapping"
Awesome Wayne, you're becoming an accomplished online writer.  |
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said by Channel One:
No sir, if you want a real mans communications system you need a quarter wave, bird killing, ceiling slapping antenna mounted to the rear quarter panel of a Plymouth Fury, connected in the trunk to a 100 watt MASTR tuned to 35.14.
I call mine the "sky scratcher" |
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tobicatPremium
join:2005-04-18
Tombstone, AZ | You ain't had no fun until you drive a 10ft high motorhome with a 40meter whip on the rear ladder under a gas station with a 12ft high shade.
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| said by tobicat:You ain't had no fun until you drive a 10ft high motorhome with a 40meter whip on the rear ladder under a gas station with a 12ft high shade.
Nah, I just drive a Honda Accord with a 102 inch whip... |
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 SmokChsrWho let the magic smoke out?Premium
join:2006-03-17
Saint Augustine, FL
 ·Clearwire Wireless
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It says in teh description, 31-50, although I doubt it's anywhere near that wide.. Low bands of that era were usually sub banded at about 6 Mhz per band.. ie 30-36, 35-40, ect...
A syntor, humm... did Moto ever get those to work? |
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SmokChsrWho let the magic smoke out?Premium
join:2006-03-17
Saint Augustine, FL Reviews:
·Clearwire Wireless
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said by Channel One: the MASTR was one bullet proof boat anchor and a real ham man about town always had a four channel head, even if he didn’t have eight crystals in his radio.
You knew you were THE MAN if you had the 4 Ch Scan head.. those were rare, but worked so well, was much easier than turning the knob back & forth. |
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Channel OnePremium
join:2010-04-16
Fort Lauderdale, FL
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Connexion Techno..
| said by SmokChsr:You knew you were THE MAN if you had the 4 Ch Scan head.. those were rare, but worked so well, was much easier than turning the knob back & forth. But only for receive.
Wayne
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Channel OnePremium
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Fort Lauderdale, FL
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said by KeysCapt:Awesome Wayne, you're becoming an accomplished online writer. I owe it all to the "writing for dummies" book I found in the bargin bin at B&N.
Wayne |
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