49mhz Walkie Talkie Frequncy

[DistantSignal]

Hi guys, I just got some 49mhz Walkie talkies off eBay for a tenner. Does anyone know what frequencies they'll work on? I'm assuming they're multi channel as they have a few buttons on.

Cheers

[GeeFull]

Hi guys, I just got some 49mhz Walkie talkies off eBay for a tenner. Does anyone know what frequencies they'll work on? I'm assuming they're multi channel as they have a few buttons on.

Cheers

Would suggest a local frequency counter and play with the buttons!
A common one many years ago for the single channel variety, was 49.860, but they varied quite a bit from manufacturer set to set!
Some early ones were AM, a lot of the later ones FM!
Do you have a scanner or reciever at hand that covers 49 Mhz?
Would help ascertain what mode they are on also!

[Admiral]

Well, as a rough guess I'd say they were FM with 5 channels between 49.830 and 49.890.

CH1=49.830
CH2=49.845
CH3=49.860
CH4=49.875
CH5=49.890

http://uk1ab.no-ip.biz/TRC-503-49mhz_fi ... 503_sm.pdf

[DistantSignal]

Cheers guys!

[UK018]

Hi there
I have been using 49 MHz for a while now.
Don't expect to much in the way of DX out of these radios, my sets are around 10 MW output.
Range tests have resulted in a distance of around 30 to 50 M.
Using the sets with a ¼ wave antenna has increased my range, I have walked up my road and not lost the signal.
I know this test isn't very scientific, its just my test.

http://uk1ab.no-ip.biz/49mhz.html


The radios I used for the range test were, MAXON PC-50 as the base with added antenna and the mobile was a Realistic TRC-503.
These are 5 channel FM sets

I have the MAXON connected to FRN free radio network as a gateway, works well around the house.
73 de Wes

[UK018]

http://uk1ab.no-ip.biz/49mhz.html

[curny]

Nice to see someone else experimenting with 49mhz!
I did have a beacon set up with one of those Maxon vox operated sets and a MP3 player just to test various antenna configurations and ranges

[LeakyFeeder]

Is 49mhz like 50mhz aka 6m?

Fire up the 706.......

[UK018]

Hello
after my last posting on 25 Oct 2015 I set up a beacon on my 49 MHz FRN gateway, this goes out every 15 minutes 24/7.
If anyone should hear it please send me an e-mail to the address that is announced on the beacon.
The frequency of this beacon is ( 49.860 MHz FM )
Please have a listen out on this frequency with your ICOM or YAESU radios and send me an e-mail.
The e-mail is announced on the beacon.

ps I chose this channel because it is free from baby monitors around here, you might not be so lucky.

Good luck
73 de Wes.

[M3ZZN]

49mhz walkies are crap and get mega noise and interference from baby monitors be lucky if you get up the road

[FakeJake]

my sets are around 10 MW output.

Sounds like they double up as a nice hand warmer in the winter months! How big is the battery for it?

[BK]

my sets are around 10 MW output.

Sounds like they double up as a nice hand warmer in the winter months! How big is the battery for it?

Well they'll need a lot of power to get out, according to half the posts on this thread they're down at 49 millihertz. Winds me up no end as I actually use millihertz at work (frequency drift) so the old noggin doesn't auto-correct to Megahertz without stopping and thinking about it first.

[FakeJake]

If my calculations are correct, that's a wavelength of over 6 million km!

[BK]

If my calculations are correct, that's a wavelength of over 6 million km!

Indeed. No wonder they need 10 Megwatts into those tiny little antennas.

[Admiral]

according to half the posts on this thread they're down at 49 millihertz. Winds me up no end as I actually use millihertz at work

That's odd, I didn't see a single reference to mHz, just all upper or lower case MHZ and mhz.