radios

Peter Tillotson said:

Hi there,

I was thinking of getting some radios / walkie talkies.
I've been looking at hands free voice activated dudars and
wondered if anyone has any advice or experience with these
things :-)

I was planning on gatting hold of some Entel Eurowaves

cheers p

I've got a pair of Motorolas that I use for sailing.
Either to save shouting from bow to stern or between boats
in convey.

They're very good. Longer range and battery life than I'd
imagined. Not so sure that I'd want the hands free gizmo in
situ for long, though; uncomfortable, surely?

In "]news:[email hidden],
Peter Tillotson <[email hidden]> typed:

Quoted message said:

Hi there,

I was thinking of getting some radios / walkie talkies.
I've been looking at hands free voice activated dudars and
wondered if anyone has any advice or experience with these
things :-)

Visit Delboy's PMR site:
delboyenterprises.co.ukmain page.htmOpen ↗

I'm currently on mark 3 of the wiresless bike alarm, based
on modified 446 walkie talkies. I'm currently using Telcom
147's, which are about 25 quid a pair from Dixons. Check my
side in the sig for versions 1 + 2.

Quoted message said:

I was planning on gatting hold of some Entel Eurowaves

Beware - low battery life, proprietary headphone connections
and very limited feature set.

Tim

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northbound on the 7:10. And the lord said let there be
commuters...' - Thea Gilmore Look, mum, an anorak on a bike!
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In "]news:[email hidden],
Peter Tillotson <[email hidden]> typed:

Quoted message said:

Hi there,

I was thinking of getting some radios / walkie talkies.
I've been looking at hands free voice activated dudars and
wondered if anyone has any advice or experience with these
things :-)

Visit Delboy's PMR site:
delboyenterprises.co.ukmain page.htmOpen ↗

I'm currently on mark 3 of the wiresless bike alarm, based
on modified 446 walkie talkies. I'm currently using Telcom
147's, which are about 25 quid a pair from Dixons. Check my
side in the sig for versions 1 + 2.

Quoted message said:

I was planning on gatting hold of some Entel Eurowaves

Beware - low battery life, proprietary headphone connections
and very limited feature set.

Tim

--
Sent from Birmingham, UK timdunne at blueyonder.co.uk 'God's
electrician sparked up the heavens once again, heading
northbound on the 7:10. And the lord said let there be
commuters...' - Thea Gilmore Look, mum, an anorak on a bike!
Check out www.nervouscyclist.org

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Tillotson (') said:

Hi there,

I was thinking of getting some radios / walkie talkies.
I've been looking at hands free voice activated dudars and
wondered if anyone has any advice or experience with these
things :-)

We have a pair of rechargeable Motorola Talkabout T5522
thingies. We've experimented with hands-free adaptors and
Juliette likes hers and usually uses it but I found it just
too much hassle. I keep the radio in the side pocket of my
bar bag where I can grab it in an instant if needed.

They don't work too well in hilly areas if you get separated
- they are pretty much line of sight. Also there's a
surprising amount of traffic on 'channel 1' - obviously a
lot of people with PMR446 radios never change channel. The
flip side of this is that since I switched both ours to
'channel 2' we've never heard anyone else.

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increaseth ;; knowledge increaseth sorrow.." -
Ecclesiastes 1:18

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Quoted message said:

Hi there,

I was thinking of getting some radios / walkie talkies.
I've been looking at hands free voice activated dudars and
wondered if anyone has any advice or experience with these
things :-)

I was planning on gatting hold of some Entel Eurowaves

cheers p

Agree in general with the other posts - 446MHz radios work
fine in line of sight (or slightly more) mode. Get ones with
a charger and rechargable batteries, and make sure that the
radio has a 'VOX' mode. I would suggest that you get one
with more than the standard 8 channels - that is with the
CTSS coded extra channels.

Mike - Leicester - G4SDZ

Mike Gayler said:

Peter Tillotson <[email hidden]> writed in
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Quoted message said:

Hi there,

I was thinking of getting some radios / walkie talkies.
I've been looking at hands free voice activated dudars
and wondered if anyone has any advice or experience with
these things :-)

I was planning on gatting hold of some Entel Eurowaves

cheers p

Agree in general with the other posts - 446MHz radios work
fine in line of sight (or slightly more) mode. Get ones
with a charger and rechargable batteries, and make sure
that the radio has a 'VOX' mode. I would suggest that you
get one with more than the standard 8 channels - that is
with the CTSS coded extra channels.

Mike - Leicester - G4SDZ

We bought two of the Motorolas and then another two when we
realised how useful they are. We use them when on cycling
trips (at least we can tell our 13 yr old to wait at the
next junction while our 9 yr old tries to keep up[1]) as
well as when we are walking, visiting IKEA, when we are
doing the PA for concerts and recordings.

We use Channel 4 and put a CTSS tone on and we have never
had problems with having to share a channel.

We haven't bought any hands free kit - but we bought one of
the Aquapac waterproof thingies which you can attach to your
arm - which is quite convenient.

Kennedy

[1] She's not that bad - she's on a 24" wheel bike but she
did 36 miles at Easter from Pitlochry to Aberfeldy and
back. It's the first 5 miles that are the worst until
she realises that she actually quite enjoys cycling.