Admission and compliance
Who carries which obligation on type approval, frequency authorisation and battery transport.
Band selection
UHF 403-470 MHz or UHF 403-527 MHz — which one does your licence need?
Both ranges are recorded in this catalogue, and the difference is not quality — it is where the ceiling sits. If your licensed frequencies sit above 470 MHz, only one of the two blocks reaches them.
A radio covers a block of spectrum. A licence grants you named frequencies inside a block. Buying is choosing the block that contains your frequencies and nothing outside them — so the range printed on the ordering code is the first thing to settle, before the model, the keypad or the accessories.
What this note does not do
This note explains how the decision is made. It does not quote a frequency range, a licence category or a band-split recommendation, because the site does not hold one it can evidence. Anything shown as unconfirmed on the catalogue pages is unconfirmed here too.
Confirm the position with your regulator, your site authority or your freight forwarder before you commit to an order.How to use this note
- Find the frequencies you are licensed to use. Not the frequencies you would like — the ones on the authorisation.
- Read the recorded UHF ranges below and note which ones contain those frequencies at both ends.
- Carry that range into the enquiry. It decides the band split, and the band split decides the ordering code.
The UHF ranges recorded in this catalogue
These are the UHF blocks the catalogue actually holds, with the number of recorded identifiers carrying each. Nothing is summarised or rounded.
| UHF range | Identifiers |
|---|---|
| 380-520 MHz | 8 |
| 400-480 MHz | 1 |
| 400-527 MHz | 1 |
| 400-470 MHz | 2 |
| 403-470 MHz | 21 |
| 403-446 MHz | 1 |
| 403-440 MHz | 2 |
| 403-527 MHz | 11 |
| 403-480 MHz | 1 |
An identifier appears against every block recorded for it, so a model sold in two band splits is counted twice.
Two ceilings dominate: 470 MHz and 527 MHz. Several identifiers also record narrower or shifted blocks — 400-480 MHz, 403-480 MHz, 400-527 MHz, 450-527 MHz — which exist because different regional builds are split differently. The VHF side of the same catalogue is a much narrower set of blocks:
| VHF range | Identifiers |
|---|---|
| 136-174 MHz | 48 |
| 136-162 MHz | 2 |
| 146-174 MHz | 1 |
What actually changes between the two
| Field | 403-470 MHz block | 403-527 MHz block |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | The standard UHF block, and the one most licences in the region sit inside. | Extends the ceiling by 57 MHz. Useful only if your authorisation reaches above 470 MHz. |
| Availability | Recorded across a much larger part of the catalogue. | Recorded on a smaller set of identifiers, so it narrows the model choice. |
| Accessory and battery fitment | Follows the family, not the band split. | Follows the family, not the band split. Confirm the ordering code, not the series name. |
| What decides it | The licence. | The licence. |
A wider block is not a better radio
A radio able to transmit above your licensed ceiling is not an upgrade. It is a compliance exposure the moment somebody selects the wrong channel. Buy the block your authorisation covers, and set the channel plan inside it.
Where this shows up in an order
- In the quotation, as a band split in the line description. Two lines that read alike on a series name can be different band splits.
- On the label of the delivered unit, as a model or ordering-code suffix. The suffix is the evidence, not the series name.
- In programming, because the channel plan has to sit inside the delivered block. A plan written for 403-527 MHz will not load into a 403-470 MHz unit.
Not covered here
- Which frequencies your national regulator will licence you for — that is granted to the operator, not to the supplier.
- Output power: it is a separate field, recorded per identifier. Several identifiers in this catalogue show power as unconfirmed and are labelled as such.
- Repeater or coverage design. A band choice is an input to that work, not a substitute for it.
What to put in the first message
Every one of these removes a round trip. The enquiry page composes a brief containing them; you send it from your own mail or messaging app.
- Destination country — this decides the approved variant and the marking.
- The frequency range you are licensed to use, in MHz.
- Quantity per site, and whether spares are included in that number.
- Operating environment, if it is classified (hazardous area, mine, tunnel).
- Whether the units must arrive programmed, and if so the channel plan.
Questions this note answers
No. The block is a hardware limit, not a setting. A unit built for 403-470 MHz cannot be programmed above its ceiling regardless of what the licence permits.
Because band split is decided per ordering code, not per series. One family is routinely sold in several splits, and the code is what fixes which one you receive. Confirm the code, not the marketing name.
Only if you expect your authorisation to widen. If it will not, the narrower block keeps the model choice open and removes a class of programming error.
From the authorisation document itself, or from your national communications regulator. Do not infer it from the frequencies a neighbouring site uses — authorisations are issued per operator.
Where to go from here
Selection FAQ
How to choose a frequency band, and why the licence comes first.
Full catalogue
Filter by category and series, and read the recorded band per identifier.
Buyer notes are written from the catalogue and the published reference pages. They carry no parameter the site cannot evidence, and an unconfirmed value stays unconfirmed here too. BaltiGo is a trading and distribution company supplying Motorola two-way radio hardware into Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC, and does not claim to be a Motorola authorised dealer or official distributor.
Enquiry
Send the configuration, not just the model name
Band, destination and quantity decide whether a quotation is usable in one round or three. Compose the brief and it carries all three.