[Motorola] HT 90 (Motorola) and some off topic stuff about the cars I had...

[Johnjewkes at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/25/05 17:16:27 Pacific Daylight Time,  
dpaulfinch at ntbb.net writes:

Hello,

I have a problem, I have several HT-90's that are on a  commercial frequency
and during a car cruise last year when we tried to use  them.  These cars are
from 1930 to 1940's and the radios were almost  unusable because of the
ignition noise!  I would not worry too much  about this but there was some
$49.00 FRS radios that worked just fine, no  ignition noise whatsoever!

Guess I could tell you a little about the  cars.  They were built from 1930
until 1941, they were the American  Austin's and Bantams.  Cool cars.  They
have either a 18  horsepower or a 22 horsepower engine and were the first
American built  Sub-Compact economy car, weigh only about 1,200 pounds.
These cars were not  their real claim to fame though.  In 1941 they developed
and delivered  the first American built Jeep.  This Jeep called the BRC
(Bantam  Reconnaissance Car) was better in field tests that either the
Willy's or  Ford products.  Through some questionable Quartermaster tactics
they  were prevented from building many.  Most went to Russia.  You can  find
more on these cars on the internet search engines.

Has anyone  had this problem and does anyone know of a  fix?

Thanks,
Paul





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Most likely, the HT-90's are on VHF (153.xxx) while the FRS are all UHF  
(463.xxx) UHF is in 
general less susceptible to coil and spark plug noise. Also, the FRS  doesn't 
have as sensitive a receiver, as they are only intended to work 1/4 to 1  
mile apart, while the HT-90's are made to work over multiple miles (IE 5 watts  
vs 300 mw).
73 de John W6HNC