{"id":669,"date":"2012-04-18T16:26:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T04:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=669"},"modified":"2012-04-18T16:26:22","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T04:26:22","slug":"pb2000hq-fm-band-expander-product-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/pb2000hq-fm-band-expander-product-review\/","title":{"rendered":"PB2000HQ FM Band Expander Product Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/Abtec_PB2000\" target=\"_blank\">PB2000HQ<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10\/12\/14 MHz Auto HQ FM BAND EXPANDER STANDARD AERIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PB2000.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-672\" title=\"PB2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PB2000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why an FM Band Expander?<\/p>\n<p>FM Band Expanders are used in Japanese import cars, as the radios installed in Japan have a frequency band different to the rest of the world &#8211; Japan uses the 76-90Mhz radio range and the international FM band covers 88MHz to 108MHz.<br \/>\nBy installing an FM Band Expander, it allows a radio\u2019s frequency to shift up, and allows it to pick up all FM radio stations.<\/p>\n<p>How does it work?<\/p>\n<p>A FM Band Expander works by shifting the frequency of the radio. It increases a radio\u2019s Mhz rating, although the numbers displayed on the radio won\u2019t change.<br \/>\nFM Band Expanders: 14Mhz will shift the frequency by 14 or 28Mhz.<\/p>\n<p>To explain further, a 10Mhz band expander will pick up 91.3FM on 81.3FM and 101.5FM on 81.5FM.<br \/>\nA 12Mhz band expander will pick up 91.3FM on 79.3FM and 101.5FM on 77.55FM.<\/p>\n<p>The larger a bandwidth, the greater ability a car stereo has of picking up all FM stations in a particular area. The second harmonic that is fitted to the Abtec band expander allows you to pick up the full bandwidth.<\/p>\n<p>If a user comes across two stations on the same frequency, the remedy is to change the Mhz rating of the FM Band Expander so it adjusts the stations accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>An example of two stations appearing on the same frequency is illustrated In Wellington, New Zealand, where there are radio stations 90FM and 100FM.<br \/>\nIf fitting an FM Band Expander into a vehicle in this region, a 10Mhz would not prove useful as it would put both radio stations on 80Mhz.<\/p>\n<p>However, a 12Mhz FM Band Expander would shift 90FM to 78Mhz and 100FM to 76Mhz, giving clear reception for both stations.<\/p>\n<p>Finally the 14Mhz band expander is the most suited banded expander for use in New Zealand market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PB2000HQ 10\/12\/14 MHz Auto HQ FM BAND EXPANDER STANDARD AERIAL Why an FM Band Expander? FM Band Expanders are used in Japanese import cars, as the radios installed in Japan have a frequency band different to the rest of the world &#8211; Japan uses the 76-90Mhz radio range and the international FM band covers 88MHz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":674,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}