Non-motoring > Two Way Radios. Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Fullchat Replies: 4
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 Sun 10 May 26 19:21 
 Two Way Radios. - Fullchat
Heading back to the country still suffering a 'Special Military Operation' with a convoy of 8 ambulances in a few weeks. Last year some very cheap licence free PMR two way radios were sourced which weren't very poor as the convoy stretched a bit.
I've been tasked at revisiting the comms side (shouldn't have complained :)).
The PMR radios are very limited due to being restricted to 0.5 Watt output. And of course they are working inside a steel structure.
Looking at whats available there are packs of radios for very little money but looking for better performance you soon get into the amateur radio sphere which require a licence.
These radios will be left with the vehicles at handover.
CB is a possibility which will require some wiring and mounting but doable with the cheapest kit coming in at around £60. Packs of multiple PMRs can be bought for similar money.
Any experience/advice of such forms of simple comms?
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 Sun 10 May 26 19:29 
 Two Way Radios. - Zero
Depends how much you want to spend. I'd be looking at Baofeng UV5r at about 15-20 quid a set.

5 watts at PMR frequencies. (and a huge spread of frequencies - might be illegal in some countries), but then so is PMR 446 in some countries.
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 Mon 11 May 26 08:23 
 Two Way Radios. - smokie
Don't mobile phones do a similar thing? You can use WhatsApp to group chat and video call too!! :-)
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 Mon 11 May 26 11:34 
 Two Way Radios. - Robin O'Reliant
>> Don't mobile phones do a similar thing? You can use WhatsApp to group chat and
>> video call too!! :-)
>>

Two way radios are quicker to use, and one message gets to everyone at the same time.
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 Mon 11 May 26 11:54 
 Two Way Radios. - legacylad
In the Spanish mountains last october I found myself helping a local guide for a week. The large group on a one week walking holiday had differing abilities so were split into two, necessitating two further guides.
Over the week we used eSynic walkie talkies so the sweeper could keep in touch with the leader. Despite not being in line of sight we were able to keep
in touch 100% of the time.
I’ve no idea what the max range was but they were a cheap indispensable piece of safety kit. 16 channel UHF i think, similar, if not the same, as Baofeng.
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