Previous Rant RE: Comms (somewhat out of context, but I'm too lazy to type something else up) wrote:Ok, I'm gonna voice a pet peeve here. The "motorolas" everyone keeps talking about - that's not what they are. They are FRS (Family Radio Service) radios. Multiple companies make FRS radios. We also have people in the community that use Tri-Square (Truly their own system), Land Mobile, Business, CB? (Do we have anyone that actually uses CB?), Amateur, and I think some MURS (Multiple-Use Radio System). In those groupings are different price ranges. Each grouping also has its pro's and con's as far as performance. Please, decide what SYSTEM you will use, then decide what brand so as to figure out how much it will cost to outfit your team.
Nasty wrote:TM preforms so well because all TM's have little fairies living in the hopups and gearboxes that give awesome accuracy, but as soon as you take them apart and modify them, the fairies fly away.
It is common knowledge.
That's illegal. The frequencies the "Talkabout" radios (Family Radio Service) are programmed for allow you to use .5 watts. A special FCC license is needed to use over .5 watts PEP on channels 1-14. You are allowed higher power on GMRS frequencies, but for those you also need a license.Speaking from experience, a 5w UHF programmable radio will always be superior to the cheaper Talkabout type radio, assuming you have preassigned frequencies.
What's causing that difference is that these commercially licensed UHF handhelds have far better antennas and higher power output (5 watts). They would perform the exact same on the FRS frequencies, if that were legal.My Icom burns through the rocks, and I never have trouble communicating with other Icom/Motorola/Kenwood users. And our common fields are large enough that I can easily be a mile or more away from the recipient of my signal.
Nasty wrote:TM preforms so well because all TM's have little fairies living in the hopups and gearboxes that give awesome accuracy, but as soon as you take them apart and modify them, the fairies fly away.
It is common knowledge.
Archangel 06 wrote:That's illegal. The frequencies the "Talkabout" radios (Family Radio Service) are programmed for allow you to use .5 watts. A special FCC license is needed to use over .5 watts PEP on channels 1-14. You are allowed higher power on GMRS frequencies, but for those you also need a license.
Nasty wrote:TM preforms so well because all TM's have little fairies living in the hopups and gearboxes that give awesome accuracy, but as soon as you take them apart and modify them, the fairies fly away.
It is common knowledge.
redneck1 wrote:What icom do u run and how do u program them.
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