As many of you know I am fairly new to ham and got a radio to use as a
base station this weekend. It is an ALinco dr 590. The guy told me it
had been modified to receive and transmit on extended frequercncies
even cellular.


I do not intend or want to transmitt illegally but it would be nice to
recieve the local police and aircraft if possible. When I plugged it up
I could get the frequency of my local police at 452 mhz but did not
have an antenna to see if I could hear anything or not. The vhf goes
from 130-174 I think. The uhf displays to 500 mhz. How can I tell if
this radio has been modified easily?


Also I thought cellular was 800 - 900 mhz. I could not get it to
display that.


As a last note does anyone know how I can find online a free manual for
htis book? I have looked but only been able to find the service manual.
Thanks again!

go to http://www.mods.dk and look up your radio.


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As many of you know I am fairly new to ham and got a radio to use as a
base station this weekend. It is an ALinco dr 590. The guy told me it
had been modified to receive and transmit on extended frequercncies
even cellular.


I do not intend or want to transmitt illegally but it would be nice to
recieve the local police and aircraft if possible. When I plugged it up
I could get the frequency of my local police at 452 mhz but did not
have an antenna to see if I could hear anything or not. The vhf goes
from 130-174 I think. The uhf displays to 500 mhz. How can I tell if
this radio has been modified easily?


Also I thought cellular was 800 - 900 mhz. I could not get it to
display that.


As a last note does anyone know how I can find online a free manual for
htis book? I have looked but only been able to find the service manual.
Thanks again!

I pulled this off a website devoted to cell phone monitoring:

"Analogue cell calls are in the 869.040 to 893.970 MHz range. This is the
tower side of the conversation. The actual cell phones transmit in the
824.040 to 848.970 MHz range. There is a 45 MHz split in the phone and the
tower. You can hear the tower side for about 5 square miles and the phone
itself for only about a mile or two at best."

The Alinco DR-590 does not cover those frequencies, and it's probably not
possible to modify that radio to receive them. If you want a cell-capable
scanner, try eBay or buy from another country.


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ups.com...
As many of you know I am fairly new to ham and got a radio to use as a
base station this weekend. It is an ALinco dr 590. The guy told me it
had been modified to receive and transmit on extended frequercncies
even cellular.

I do not intend or want to transmitt illegally but it would be nice to
recieve the local police and aircraft if possible. When I plugged it up
I could get the frequency of my local police at 452 mhz but did not
have an antenna to see if I could hear anything or not. The vhf goes
from 130-174 I think. The uhf displays to 500 mhz. How can I tell if
this radio has been modified easily?

Also I thought cellular was 800 - 900 mhz. I could not get it to
display that.

As a last note does anyone know how I can find online a free manual for
htis book? I have looked but only been able to find the service manual.
Thanks again!