Wideband VS Narrowband - What Is The Difference Between Narrowband And Wideband On GMRS Radios?

This intro lasts exactly seven seconds today by popular demand. The video that all of YouTube has been waiting for. What is the

difference

between broadband and

narrowband

? I will explain the

difference

between broadband and

narrowband

and I will explain it in normal English so that everyone understands. I won't try to impress you with a bunch of technical terms like some people always try to do and I will actually demonstrate the difference between broadband and narrowband so that you can understand, see and hear the differences and understand them in practical real world terms. but the most important thing is that while I'm doing all this I won't bore you to death.

It might offend you. It could make you angry. I might even excite you but I won't bore you. But if you get bored watching this video, be sure to leave a comment so everyone knows I've failed them in this amazing future world we all live in. Virtually all

gmrs

radios

are broadband and all the

gmrs

repeaters I have seen, used or seen online work as well. on broadband now no doubt some people will leave a comment to explain to us less intelligent people that gmrs channels 8 to 14 always operate in narrowband on a gmrs radio but for the purposes of this video that doesn't matter, I will be talking about the differences . between broadband and narrowband and most gmrs channels operate in broadband now a very important warning: do not confuse broadband or narrowband bandwidth, do not confuse bandwidth with channel spacing, as many of YouTube's certified comment experts often do this.

Bandwidth and channel spacing are two. very different things channel spacing is how far each channel is from each other and bandwidth is the number of frequencies a channel occupies in the spectrum a wider channel uses more frequencies in the spectrum and will allow the audio signal to Whatever signal you hear is the speaking voice, the wider it is, it will allow the speaking signal to go up and down higher, it will give it more room to drift, drift, that's

what

the experts call it, but nobody cares

what

that means: a wider channel will generally result in better audio quality and another point of clarification that many of the certified YouTube commenting experts often get wrong is how bandwidth affects distances.

How wide or narrow your channel is doesn't significantly affect, if at all, how many distances you can transmit, at least not at any. way that any normal human being with normal ears using a normal radio would notice, now let me quickly demonstrate the difference between broadband and narrowband visually so your eyes can see the difference. This is the visual representation of gmrs channel 19. I transmit in broadband, you can see my transmission in the yellow spots that spread across the frequencies. When I transmit in narrowband, you can see that the bright yellow spots do not extend as much across the frequencies, but are narrower, so I simply saw that a broadband transmission is a little wider than a narrowband transmission now because the FCC intends for gmrs to be used in broadband except for the few channels I already mentioned because of this most

radios

transmit in broadband but there are some radios.

There are manufacturers that make their radios only transmit in narrowband, so what do you do if you have a narrowband radio and want to talk to someone with a real radio that transmits and receives in

wideband

? In this situation you simply talk because a

wideband

radio is compatible with a narrowband radio, they can communicate with each other very well, but there will be some minor problems and usually the weaker the signal between the two radios or The further away they are from each other, the more pronounced they will be. Problems will arise because a narrowband radio transmits a smaller, narrower signal and because a wideband radio is listening to a wider signal, the audio from the narrowband radio may sound quieter when received by the radio. wider band, so the strength of the narrowband radio The broadband signal may be strong, it may be a strong signal, but because the allowable volume of the broadband radio is larger, the volume will only occupy about half that space, so the volume will similarly sound lower when the wideband radio is talking to the narrowband radio because that volume range that deviation a signal that goes up and down from the highs to the lows. bass because it is wider on narrowband radio can sound too loud or boomy or choppy if you ever turn up the volume too much on your boom box and clipped or clipped music, it can sound that way because there is too much volume trying to fit into a space too small, as I already mentioned when you talk about a wideband radio to a narrowband radio You will still understand each other and if you are close you may not even notice the difference, but as the distance between you becomes more and more and more and more and as the signal becomes weaker and the static level increases, they may begin to notice. the problems more and more and to help demonstrate this so that they can really hear the difference with their own ears.

I asked my friend Chris to join us. Chris, as everyone knows, is the real star of this channel, the brains behind everything without him. It would be okay, he basically tells me what to say and what videos to make, so leave a comment below and let Chris know how much you enjoy his YouTube channel so Chris is home 10 miles away. I'm going to call him on my radio. that I currently have and I currently have it set to narrowband, so Chris will talk in wideband and I will listen in narrowband so you can see what that sounds like.

A very important note. I already called him off camera and we identified with our general manager call. signs so that all members of the fcc youtube division do not need to leave a comment pointing out that we do not use our call signs that we identify over the air for the fcc that we do not identify by youtube for all hall monitors to listen to chris 530 , do you copy me, count to five while you're on broadband and say hello to all your loving fans, got it, sir, this is chris five three zero one two three four five now it may be difficult to hear it on youtube it was very loud and very clear but it was clipping it was a little boomy it sounded good but it clipped and boomy it didn't sound bad but it didn't sound good good so now I put my radio on wideband Chris it's on narrowband, we were using the repeater before so we could get a strong signal.

Now we're going to talk radio to simplex radio and since Chris is 10 away the signal will be much weaker so you can hear the difference. in the volume of your voice, especially in relation to the static you'll hear chris 530 say hello to your fans again and tell us to five so we can hear what you sound like when you're broadcasting on the narrow bands now I don't know how well this will get through from YouTube, but his static was very loud because he's so far away, but his volume, his voice was much lower, I could barely hear him, I had the volume almost at maximum and I could still barely hear his voice. that's what happens when you transmit on a narrowband radio to a wideband radio if we were both on narrowband it would sound good if we were both on wideband it would sound good the only problem and it's a minor problem is when one is narrowband and the other is broadband.

Thanks Chris for helping us. Please say goodbye to all your fans so you can hear that it's not a big deal to talk between a wideband radio and a narrowband radio, but it becomes more. of a problem as distances increase or the signal weakens because the static gets stronger but the voice doesn't get louder, it can also become a problem if you are talking to multiple people, some people on broadband and others in narrow band. Because the volume of people on narrowband is generally lower, you will have to turn up the volume to be able to hear them better and when the guy with a real radio transmitting on broadband comes on, the volume will be much higher, you will have to turn .

You turn the volume down and you turn on the narrow band and you have to turn it up and the wide band cuts it up and down, it's a pain but it's not the end of the world so as you can see there are some differences between band broadband and narrowband, but they can be easily overcome with a little perseverance and patience. If you still have questions about the difference between broadband and narrowband or if you got bored of watching this video or want to see more, Chris leaves a comment below.