phillips fm320
Submitted: Sunday, Mar 11, 2007 at 20:09
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bundy ute
just scored a phillips fm320 and was justing to know if thay can be reprogrammed to vhf.
Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Sunday, Mar 11, 2007 at 20:10
Sunday, Mar 11, 2007 at 20:10
google is your friend.. there are forums on these.
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Reply By: Member - Cruiser (NSW) - Sunday, Mar 11, 2007 at 21:05
Sunday, Mar 11, 2007 at 21:05
purely uhf. sorry
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Reply By: disco1942 - Sunday, Mar 11, 2007 at 22:27
Sunday, Mar 11, 2007 at 22:27
FM 320s must be a museum piece by now - these are the first purpose built UHF CB radio built in Australia.
What do you mean by VHF - do you mean the HF CB band on 27 MHz or something else. The answer to converting to 27 MHz is NO. The usual question that was asked way back then was "can it be converted to the UHF police bands."
PeterD
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Sunday, Mar 11, 2007 at 23:57
Sunday, Mar 11, 2007 at 23:57
Why would you want to reprogram an ancient phillips
UHF radio to VHF , that's if you could , I personally think it's impossible, it would almost be a complete transplant of components,If you want a vhf go and buy a vhf.
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Follow Up By: Im.away - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 09:21
Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 09:21
You're spot-on Doug.
UHF frequencies are four to five times higher than VHF bands, so the components inside cannot extend themselves to tune to frequencies that mucher lower. It is physically impossible.
Even the UHF radios that can be programmed to have extra channels do so in a narrow range of frequencies that are inside the tuning capabilities of the components.
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 09:28
Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 09:28
So how does my Yaesu FT857D work then? :)
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 09:39
Monday, Mar 12, 2007 at 09:39
Mike
C'mon , I know you know better than that, You can't compare a piece of crap to a Yaesu The yaesu is a purpose built Radio , the Phillips was built as a Citizens Band UHF Transmitter, So in your opinion what does he do to it [ the antique ] to get it to transmit and recieve on a defined section of the VHF band, On second thoughts NO don't explain , they won't understand it plus the
forum's not big enough
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