Outer Limits 4x4 Board

guys bloke i know has a icom uhf from the usa,its 35watts or thereabouts,i know the local ones are 5 watts i think,is there any advantage to this or is it just a wank,i can get it at a good price,is it ok to use in oz and will it be better then a local unit?

davec wrote:is it ok to use in oz

No.

davec wrote: and will it be better then a local unit?

I have NFI about the frequencies they use over there (I thought UHF CB was a uniquely Aussie thing) and it's possible this radio is a commercial unit for use with special license conditions on special frequencies.

Or I could be completely wrong. Can you find out the frequencies it uses?

The maximum legal power on UHF CB is 5w, you can run these commercial units with higher power reprogrammed to uhf cb but is not legal.

is it worth it? well you'll have to get the programming software and cables and know how to program it, as most good radio places won't do it at high power. You'll also want a antenna thats in tip top shape as they need to be tuned properly at high power.
Also if you have a higher power unit than everyone else they will be able to hear you further away but they wont get back to you.
You could get it and run it at low power 5w if the specific radio was cheap but there still is the programming prob

thanks guys i wont worry about it then.
cheers goldchaser

find out what the frequencies it operates on are. It may work and you'd have a great radio that can pump out a receivable distress call from heaps further than others.

You can stomp on cbwankers who have nothing better to do than talk shite on the channel you're using.

GQ Bear wrote: It may work and you'd have a great radio that can pump out a receivable distress call from heaps further than others.

Increasing from 5w to 35w won't get you much extra range at all, it's only about 1.3 s point increase.

I have a Icom 400 pro and first of all the max they can go is 25 watts output. Mine is 25W output all that is required is the software and data cable to reprogram it, also you can program extra channels for trans / recieve. Technically to have a 25w UHF you need a comericial licence.

i think i read somewhere that icom has a radio that runs at 45w over seas. they sell the same model over here but it is set to run at 5w.

cheers,
Sean