Trip to Europe

General Discussion
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I will be traveling with a group of about 15 people to Europe, specifically northern Italy. We will have 4-5 cars and will be doing several day trips. I though it would make sense to buy some two way radios for the trip so that we can stay in touch on the road.

I was looking at spending as little as possible - under $50 per pair.

I understand there are some issues with US radios being approved in Europe but in theory they should still work…correct?

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

2

We really do not recommend using radios with frequencies for use in North America being used in Europe. You could interfere with police/emergency frequencies, and even get in a bit of trouble. That said, a radio is a radio and they will work just fine.

3

The USA radios operate on European public safety frequencies. You’ll go to jail fast.

4

Irv. Thanks for the informative info. We are really looking forward to this trip. Hope to leave around the 1st of June.
Tee

5

Try using the TriSquare eXRS radios. They use 900MHz frequency hopping spread spectrum so you won’t have to worry about interference. They are 1000 channels in the TSX-100 and 10,000,000,000 channels in the TSX-300 version so you also don’t have to worry about co-channel users. These are anywhere from $50-$100 a pair depending on the model.

6

You can use 8 channels on the European PMR466 frequencies (= our FRS).

PMR466 Channel Frequency (MHz)
1 446.00625
2 446.01875
3 446.03125
4 446.04375
5 446.05625
6 446.06875
7 446.08125
8 446.09375

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That is not true… the FRS frequencies are as follows:

1 462.5625
2 462.5875
3 462.6125
4 462.6375
5 462.6625
6 462.6875
7 462.7125
8 467.5625
9 467.5875
10 467.6125
11 467.6375
12 467.6625
13 467.6875
14 467.7125

Don’t do it… the laws over there are MUCH more stringent than over here.

8

Thanks for the correction.

So what could you do then to avoid any problems? Just buy some radios in Europe once you get there?

9

Yes… that would be the only way.

10

Well that’s good to know…I travel often between Europe and the US. I’ve never used my radio’s in Europe though, but I’m sure I will someday…I would have just used my American Radio, and prob. wouldv’e gotten in trouble!