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Team Radios
The vast majority of Formula 1 teams and officials (FIA and FOM) use a single TETRA digital trunked radio system for communications. This is provided by Riedel Communications. This provides up to 35 simultaneous duplex voice channels operating on x9 25khz wide frequency pairs each with 4 individual slots, with one reserved for control channel data. Riedel supply Motorola MTP850 portable radios and Riedel MAX headsets to the teams. This system does not use encryption.
Riedel TETRA Frequencies
The Riedel TETRA system operates in the 420-430MHz range in 12.5kHz steps for the TETRA Base (downlink) repeaters. The subscriber (uplink) frequencies are in the 410-420MHz range, -10MHz below the Base frequency. The TETRA MCC is 262 and MNC is 0007. The system does not use any TEA encryption. The frequency allocations vary between races. The list below shows typical allocations for the 2021 and 2020 season. A "*" indicates a 2022 season channels.
TETRA Channel |
Downlink Frequency (MHz) |
Uplink Frequency (MHz)
|
*1001 |
425.0375 |
415.0375
|
*1003 |
425.0625 |
415.0625
|
1007 |
425.1875 |
415.1875
|
*1009 |
425.2375 |
415.2375
|
*1010 |
425.2625 |
415.2625
|
*1017 |
425.4375 |
415.4375
|
*1025 |
425.6375 |
415.6375
|
1027 |
425.6750 |
415.6750
|
*1032 |
425.8125 |
415.8125
|
*1038 |
425.9625 |
415.9625
|
*1046 |
426.1625 |
416.1625
|
1064 |
426.6125 |
416.6125
|
1078 |
426.9625 |
416.9625
|
1090 |
427.2625 |
417.2625
|
1098 |
427.4625 |
417.4625
|
*1110 |
427.7625 |
417.7625
|
1113 |
427.8375 |
417.8375
|
1121 |
428.0375 |
418.0375
|
*1123 |
428.0875 |
418.0875
|
*1154 |
428.8625 |
418.8625
|
1158 |
428.9500 |
418.9500
|
1165 |
429.1250 |
419.1250
|
*1168 |
429.2125 |
419.2125
|
1172 |
429.3000 |
419.3000
|
1178 |
429.4625 |
419.4625
|
1179 |
429.4750 |
419.4750
|
1186 |
429.6500 |
419.6500
|
*1187 |
429.6875 |
419.6875
|
1197 |
429.9375 |
419.9375
|
Riedel TETRA Groups
Team |
ISSI Range |
GSSI |
Channel
|
Ferrari |
4000-4200 |
1027 |
Sainz Car CH
|
|
|
4104 |
Leclerc Car CH
|
|
|
2957 |
Pit CH
|
|
|
3825 |
Pit CH
|
|
|
4236 |
Pit CH
|
|
|
4520 |
Pit CH
|
Alfa Romeo |
3600-3800 |
2210 |
Bottas Car CH
|
|
|
2211 |
Zhou Car CH
|
|
|
2220 |
Bottas Pit CH
|
|
|
2221 |
Zhou Pit CH
|
|
|
2222 |
Pit CH
|
|
|
2226 |
Pit CH
|
|
|
2227 |
Pit CH
|
Aston Martin |
2600-2700 |
2240 |
Vettel Car CH
|
|
|
2241 |
Stroll Car CH
|
|
|
2250 |
Vettel Pit 1 CH
|
|
|
2251 |
Stroll Pit 2 CH
|
|
|
2253 |
Pit 3 CH
|
Mercedes |
4600-4800 |
4212 |
Russell Car CH
|
|
|
4213 |
Hamilton Car CH
|
|
|
4220 |
Russell Pit CH
|
|
|
4221 |
Hamilton Pit CH
|
Red Bull |
5600-5800 |
5210 |
Verstappen Car CH
|
|
|
5211 |
Perez Car CH
|
|
|
5220 |
Verstappen Pit CH
|
|
|
5221 |
Perez Pit CH
|
|
|
5222 |
Pit CH
|
|
|
5223 |
Pit CH
|
|
|
5225 |
Garage CH
|
|
|
5226 |
Hospitality?
|
Alpine |
6600-6800 |
6210 |
Ocon Car CH
|
|
|
6211 |
Alonso Car CH
|
|
|
6220 |
Ocon Pit CH
|
|
|
6222 |
Alonso Pit CH
|
|
|
6223 |
Pit CH
|
|
|
6228 |
Pit CH
|
|
|
6229 |
Pit CH
|
|
|
6232 |
Hospitality?
|
Haas |
7300-7400 |
7500 |
Schumacher Pit CH
|
|
|
7501 |
Magnussen Pit CH
|
|
|
7503 |
Pit CH
|
|
|
7510 |
Schumacher Car CH
|
|
|
7511 |
Magnussen Car CH
|
Alpha Tauri |
9600-9700 |
9210 |
Gasly Car CH
|
|
|
9211 |
Tsonoda Car CH
|
|
|
9220 |
Gasly Pit CH
|
|
|
9221 |
Tsonoda Pit CH
|
|
|
9224 |
Pit CH
|
|
|
9226 |
Pit CH
|
MRTC Nexedge
Since 2020, the Williams F1 Team switched from Riedel to a Kenwood NXDN Nexedge digital radio system supplied by MRTC Ltd. For 2021, McLaren F1 have also moved from Riedel to this MRTC system. MRTC supply UHF Kenwood NX3320 portable radios. This system uses the NXDN9600 protocol. This system does not use encryption.
The MRTC Nexedge system operates in the 450-470MHz range in 12.5kHz steps. The frequency allocations vary between races. The list below shows allocations for the 2022 season.
2022 Williams MRTC Channel |
Repeater Frequency (MHz) |
Mobile Frequency (MHz) |
RAN Code
|
Williams |
469.6625 |
459.7875 |
-
|
Williams |
469.4500 |
459.4500 |
-
|
Williams |
468.4750 |
458.4750 |
-
|
Williams |
468.5625 |
458.6125 |
-
|
Williams |
- |
454.9500 |
-
|
Williams |
- |
455.7500 |
-
|
Williams |
- |
458.5875 |
-
|
Williams |
- |
458.6750 |
-
|
Williams |
- |
459.4500 |
-
|
Williams |
- |
459.7625 |
-
|
Williams |
- |
468.4250 |
-
|
Williams |
- |
468.6375 |
-
|
Williams |
- |
469.3750 |
-
|
Williams |
- |
469.6375 |
-
|
2022 McLaren MRTC Channel |
Repeater Frequency (MHz) |
Mobile Frequency (MHz) |
RAN Code
|
McLaren |
- |
463.3250 |
-
|
McLaren |
- |
464.26875 |
-
|
McLaren |
- |
465.0625 |
-
|
McLaren |
- |
446.4500 |
-
|
McLaren |
- |
446.9250 |
-
|
McLaren |
- |
451.5000 |
-
|
McLaren |
- |
452.7000 |
-
|
McLaren |
- |
455.2875 |
-
|
McLaren |
- |
457.4875 |
-
|
2022 MRTC Channel |
Repeater Frequency (MHz) |
Mobile Frequency (MHz) |
RAN Code
|
Team |
- |
463.0250 |
-
|
Team |
- |
463.3000 |
-
|
Team |
- |
463.5000 |
-
|
Team |
- |
463.8750 |
-
|
Team |
- |
464.3750 |
-
|
Team |
- |
464.4750 |
-
|
The list below shows typical allocations for the 2021 season.
2021 Williams MRTC Channel |
Repeater Frequency (MHz) |
Mobile Frequency (MHz) |
RAN Code
|
CAR 1 |
469.66250 |
- |
R12
|
TEAM 1 |
469.38750 |
459.43750 |
R11
|
CAR 2 |
468.43125 or 468.48750 |
- |
R22
|
TEAM 2 |
468.5625 |
458.61250 |
R21
|
2021 Alternatives |
464.0125, 459.7875, 455.2125, 458.6125, 462.0500, 466.9250 |
- |
-
|
2021 McLaren MRTC Channel |
Mobile Frequency (MHz) |
RAN Code
|
LN CAR |
458.7625 or 467.9625 |
R7
|
LN PITWALL |
458.2875 |
R3
|
DR CAR |
459.5250 or 467.8875 |
R5
|
DR PITWALL |
459.3625 |
R1
|
SUPPORT |
458.8500 |
R9
|
PIRELLI |
459.6500 |
R8
|
Marketing |
469.8500 (NXDN4800) |
R1
|