timkenhan comments on The official HAM frequency designation for 2m band is between 144mhz and 148mhz. So why are transceivers, even the monobanders, able to work on a much wider range?

The official HAM frequency designation for 2m band is between 144mhz and 148mhz. So why are transceivers, even the monobanders, able to work on a much wider range? (sopuli.xyz)

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Usually between 136mhz and 174mhz, with only software-based restrictions that are easily worked around. This applies for other bands as well (e.g. 70cm).

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[–] timkenhan@sopuli.xyz [S] 2 points 3 months ago

Perhaps it's a regional thing. It is quite the wilde west where I'm from after all.

For the Yaesu FT-2900R, I indeed acquired this second hand, but I also got myself a new old stock FT-60R that seems to be able to transmit outside the HAM band for both 2m and 70cm out-of-box.

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