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Replica: PRR (Personal Role Radio) Marconi, Full Set


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Good luck getting 1-3W PMR's through customs :(

 

Fact, they'll have a field day with this prr :(. I still silently hope there is going to be a way without playing Russian roulette (which is most often won by customs).

I can only hope this is going to be a catalyst for others to produce a legal one.

 

Also, awaiting reviews :P.

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Fact, they'll have a field day with this prr :(. I still silently hope there is going to be a way without playing Russian roulette (which is most often won by customs).

I can only hope this is going to be a catalyst for others to produce a legal one.

 

Also, awaiting reviews :P.

Belgium customs are not interested in radios- only the value. They do not flip through manuals looking at specs nor do they put the radio on a test rig to measure power output. A key reason why is because it is not illegal to own radios with power exceeding 500mw

 

If you check Begium custom regulations, you see that Radios are not an item of interest other than the import value.

 

Where is this paranoia coming from? Check Belgium customs online information.

 

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Remark: Couldn't do a performance test, a jolly fellow forgot to buy the batteries for me. My fault anyway, that's what you get when you rely on others. :(

 

Retailers in HK seem to gradually stock in this radio. Shops that have them or will have at the moment are: Global Airsoft (Online Shop), PX-Airsoft (not yet) and AMD (Walk-in shop, on display and available)

 

More pics and details:

 

Photo 1/2: This thing is very close to real specs. The single PTT looks and feels like the real one and it's only millimeters that prevented my real PTT from successfully docking onto the radio's main body. The com socket is the same 5-pin design as found on the real deal.

PRR_Replica_Top.jpg

 

Photo 2/2: According to the manual output power is 1W/3W, has a built-in scrambler and what is CTCSS/DCS?

PRR_Replica_Manual.jpg

 

 

Which shop is AMD? and how much are they selling it for there?

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Which shop is AMD? and how much are they selling it for there?

It's a new shop next to Marine Shop.

 

Price List so far:

AMD: US$118

PX-Shop: US$130

Aisoft Global: US$121

My contact: US$114

 

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I'm pretty sure no one have asked this yet. Will this radio "worked" with Moto Talkabouts?

 

 

Thanks,

Nicholas

 

 

From what I know. No. Not without reprogramming. ONLY if your Talkabout runs the 440 mhz band. I am unsure about other countries but for HK, the Talk abouts run 409.XXXX Frequencies and as for the North American Moto Talkabouts, they run 462.XXXX & 467.XXXX.

 

Here are the Frequencies for the Moto Talkabouts:

 

HK Spec

Channel Frequency

1 409.7500

2 409.7625

3 409.7750

4 409.7875

5 409.8000

6 409.8125

7 409.8250

8 409.8375

9 409.8500

10 409.8625

11 409.8750

12 409.8875

13 409.9000

14 409.9125

15 409.9250

16 409.9375

17 409.9500

18 409.9625

19 409.9750

20 409.9875

 

North American Spec

Channel Frequency

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

15 462.5500

16 462.5750

17 462.6000

18 462.6250

19 462.6500

20 462.6750

21 462.7000

22 462.7250

 

CTCSS

Code MicroFreq

1 67.0

2 71.9

3 74.4

4 77.0

5 79.7

6 82.5

7 85.4

8 88.5

9 91.5

10 94.8

11 97.4

12 100.0

13 103.5

14 107.2

15 110.9

16 114.8

17 118.8

18 123.0

19 127.3

20 131.8

21 136.5

22 141.3

23 146.2

24 151.4

25 156.7

26 162.2

27 167.9

28 173.8

29 179.9

30 186.2

31 192.8

32 203.5

33 210.7

34 218.1

35 225.7

36 233.6

37 241.8

38 250.3

0 OFF

 

 

What's strange is that for this particular "Marconi" unit, channels 1-10 are coded with a weird CTCSS which doesn't seem to be in the standard range I have listed above. This means if the coded setting is turned on, then only channels 11-16 can be used with the standard 400-470 mhz UHF walkies (I tested it with a Quansheng).

 

But if anyone figures it out, let me know!

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Ok, I am not a radio person at all, but I am interested in getting one of these. Some Q's:

-Could I hook up a real/replica Comtac or Sordin headset?

-Who could I talk too? People with the same radio?

-If I had it reprogrammed, could it work with regular store bought radios? (no one I play with likes to shell out for this kind of stuff besides me)

 

Thanks

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Ok, I am not a radio person at all, but I am interested in getting one of these. Some Q's:

-Could I hook up a real/replica Comtac or Sordin headset?

-Who could I talk too? People with the same radio?

-If I had it reprogrammed, could it work with regular store bought radios? (no one I play with likes to shell out for this kind of stuff besides me)

 

Thanks

 

1. Perhaps. If it was wired correctly and worked with the impedances in real steel headsets.

2. Did you even read the thread?

3. as above

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My first post.

 

No one have the possibility to reprogam it?

 

I wrote a question to airsoft global, if the radio could be reprogrammed, they replied to me:

 

"....Dear Sir

As i check it was pre set already

(list of the preset)

And i am sorry that i don't know it can reprogrammable or not..."

 

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