Hello,
I'm new to this forum, and also new to the radio industry, so I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right place. I've been into radios for a couple months, and I'm just starting to get a grasp on everything.
So long story short, my dad (who's a building engineer) removed three Kenwood radios from one of his buildings that hadn't been used in about 3 years and brought them home for me to check out. Supposedly they were used for the building's security guards. He brought home a Kenwood TK-862G-1 base unit with a 12-volt power supply, desktop microphone, and Maxrad antenna. He also picked up two handheld TK-3160-1 units with the chargers. After replacing the completely dead batteries on the handhelds and setting everything up, I started doing some research and testing. As I guessed, the base and handhelds were on the same frequencies.
I wanted to find the frequency they were all on, so I used my new Uniden BCD436HP scanner set to scan all frequencies, and after a few seconds of holding the transmit button on the base unit, I found that channel 1 is on 409.6500 MHz. Channel 2 is 409.7000 MHz. That surprises me, because after reading up on the 862 and 3160, it says they are only made for between 440 MHz and 470 MHz, but when I tested them, the transmissions between the radios were crystal clear on the 409 frequencies.
So I have some questions about operating them. First of all, what is the 409 frequency range? Is it FRS, GMRS? Surprisingly, I did did a scanner test on my little Motorola T5950 FRS/GMRS hybrid walkie-talkies, and actually figured out that channel 2 on them was 409.6000 MHz, very close to the Kenwood radios. Second of all, is it legal for me to transmit on them right now without a license? I know the answer to that is probably no. If I do, what license would I need to get? Could I operate on them with an amateur license, or would we need a GMRS license? I'd like to eventually get an amateur license, re-program the 862 and use it to talk to other people.
Any help, advice, and tips are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
I'm new to this forum, and also new to the radio industry, so I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right place. I've been into radios for a couple months, and I'm just starting to get a grasp on everything.
So long story short, my dad (who's a building engineer) removed three Kenwood radios from one of his buildings that hadn't been used in about 3 years and brought them home for me to check out. Supposedly they were used for the building's security guards. He brought home a Kenwood TK-862G-1 base unit with a 12-volt power supply, desktop microphone, and Maxrad antenna. He also picked up two handheld TK-3160-1 units with the chargers. After replacing the completely dead batteries on the handhelds and setting everything up, I started doing some research and testing. As I guessed, the base and handhelds were on the same frequencies.
I wanted to find the frequency they were all on, so I used my new Uniden BCD436HP scanner set to scan all frequencies, and after a few seconds of holding the transmit button on the base unit, I found that channel 1 is on 409.6500 MHz. Channel 2 is 409.7000 MHz. That surprises me, because after reading up on the 862 and 3160, it says they are only made for between 440 MHz and 470 MHz, but when I tested them, the transmissions between the radios were crystal clear on the 409 frequencies.
So I have some questions about operating them. First of all, what is the 409 frequency range? Is it FRS, GMRS? Surprisingly, I did did a scanner test on my little Motorola T5950 FRS/GMRS hybrid walkie-talkies, and actually figured out that channel 2 on them was 409.6000 MHz, very close to the Kenwood radios. Second of all, is it legal for me to transmit on them right now without a license? I know the answer to that is probably no. If I do, what license would I need to get? Could I operate on them with an amateur license, or would we need a GMRS license? I'd like to eventually get an amateur license, re-program the 862 and use it to talk to other people.
Any help, advice, and tips are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
TK-862G And TK-3160 Questions
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