Good 2 way Radios?????

[Titan]

all the radios are line of sight, gmrs has less range than the road radios, a hand held road radio has about the same range as a 5 watt rhino radio. if your looking for outside help you will need a sat phone, which can be rented or bought.

Essentially yes all radios are line of sight

 

[wakeandsnow]

So in a nutshell, if I want to be a responsible outdoorsman, I would want a dual band radio to monitor all my friends with cheapy FRS/GMRS radios, and I would also want to listen to VHF frequencies. If a guy wanted to shell out 300 or 400 bucks instead of 50-70 for a good dual band radio that you can program and 'break the law' with, what are the options?

sorry a guy would need a field programmable radio with a display in dual band, correct?

 

[Titan]

So in a nutshell, if I want to be a responsible outdoorsman, I would want a dual band radio to monitor all my friends with cheapy FRS/GMRS radios, and I would also want to listen to VHF frequencies. If a guy wanted to shell out 300 or 400 bucks instead of 50-70 for a good dual band radio that you can program and 'break the law' with, what are the options?

sorry a guy would need a field programmable radio with a display in dual band, correct?

not sure I understand your question....

 

[wakeandsnow]

Sorry that was a little wordy....

If I want to be the most capable in my communication efforts, a guy would need a dual band, field programmable radio with a numeric display, correct? That would cover all the people in the group with walmart radios, and those of us that choose VHF all out of one radio.

 

[Titan]

You are correct

 

[wakeandsnow]

so do you recommend a brand or a model?

 

[Titan]

Well...bang for buck
Puxing hands down
Although i'm sure motorola, kenwood etc are All really good

 

[wakeandsnow]

are they only available on ebay or is there a domestic supplier in the BC/Alberta area?

 

[Titan]

Ebay
From china
Usually free shipping and decent deals with the PC programming cable and software included...you want the cable.

If you buy locally will cost way more
And unlikely the radios are unlocked meaning you have full access to the entire vhf and uhf bands

 

[wakeandsnow]

Thanks Titan
Just ordered a Puxing 888 to try it out and see how it works.

Thanks for the help

 

[Titan]

888 or 888k

 

[teeroy]

888 or 888k

yeah, make sure it's a 888K. it's the dual band model.

 

[medler]

how much for these 888K?

 

[Titan]

how much for these 888K?

PUXING Color PX-888K (G) UHF/VHF 136-174/400-480Mhz Radio + USB Prog Cable 6-034 | eBay

 

[teeroy]

how much for these 888K?

there's a link to them on post #7 med

 

[teeroy]

PUXING Color PX-888K (G) UHF/VHF 136-174/400-480Mhz Radio + USB Prog Cable 6-034 | eBay

ninja'd

 

[Titan]

and here is a helmet microphone and speaker set that works with puxing radios
Motorcycle Helmet Headset for KENWOOD Two Way Radio 2 PIN | eBay

 

[medler]

A chit,,guess i should read eh.lol.

there's a link to them on post #7 med

 

[imdoo'n]

A chit,,guess i should read eh.lol.

that's what ya bring Meagan for, your still on braille.

 

[mctrailboss]

I have been using the snowmobile kit from ruggedradios.com and it works amazing. Helmet kit with speakers and mic, vhf waterproof radio which I had programmed with 40 local logging road channels, waterproof push to talk button. They are loud enough in the helmet you dont have to let off the throttle to talk. we got about 2kms in the bush with the sleds running, further if you shut them off. we installed some in open face moto-x helmets and some in modular, both work great.