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?

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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 :-)

Visit Delboy's PMR site: http://www.delboyenterprises.co.uk/main_page.htm

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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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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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:

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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.