- 1. [Healeys] Walkie Talkies (score: 1)
- Author: Charlie Frazer <cfrazer@jcomm.uoregon.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:33:16 -0800
- Does anyone have any experience with using inexpensive ($100 or less) hand held two-way radios to communicate between lead and sweep cars to help keep groups together? Do they work OK? Any recommenda
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- 2. Re: [Healeys] Walkie Talkies (score: 1)
- Author: "Ed's Shop" <shop@justbrits.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:00:49 -0600
- Hi Charlie!!! <<Does anyone have any experience with using inexpensive ($100 or less) hand held two-way radios to communicate between lead and sweep cars to help keep groups together?>> Only ever use
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- 3. Re: [Healeys] Walkie Talkies (score: 1)
- Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:09:36 +0800
- Rather than walkie talkies.... if you have a mobile phone with even basic graphics/data ability, this is something that probably would work wonders to tracking cars that are traveling in groups: htt
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- 4. Re: [Healeys] Walkie Talkies (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Lachlan" <simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:14:38 -0000
- Yes, I've used them like that. In the UK we have regulations which render most available sets pretty useless as they are restricted on power. I bought mine in the US however. So....the one issue that
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- 5. Re: [Healeys] Walkie Talkies (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Salter" <msalter@precisionsportscar.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:23:35 -0500
- Hi Charlie, We use Motorola Talkabout radios http://www.motorola.com/consumers/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=54643d7c52b8d110VgnV CM1000008406b00aRCRD for support crew communications in Targa Newfoundland an
- /html/healeys/2009-02/msg00365.html (9,443 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Healeys] Walkie Talkies (score: 1)
- Author: "Dan Stromquist" <dan@warner-associates.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:24:21 -0600
- You might want to consider Marine radios. You can buy hand held units for around $100 a pop and are not restricted by line of sight. Dan Does anyone have any experience with using inexpensive ($100
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- 7. Re: [Healeys] Walkie Talkies (score: 1)
- Author: "Len and/or Marge Hartnett" <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:37:15 -0800
- As Ed says, they are low power. From my experience, they work fine if there are only one or two cars in your caravan and they stay reasonably close together. (The Other) Len Vacaville, CA, USA 1967 A
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- 8. Re: [Healeys] Walkie Talkies (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:17:56 EST
- Marine handheld radios operate on VHF and are limited to line-of-sight communications--perhaps you might get 3-5 miles on open water from a 5 watt set, less on land. It is illegal to use Marine radio
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- 9. Re: [Healeys] Walkie Talkies (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:40:52 EST
- AND, you need a FCC license to operate one on water. (Or at least you did when I had a boat several years ag0) Charley-- They dropped that a few years back. You still need a license to operate a land
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- 10. Re: [Healeys] Walkie Talkies (score: 1)
- Author: "John Sims" <ahbn6@verizon.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:23:52 -0500
- AND, you need a FCC license to operate one on water. (Or at least you did when I had a boat several years ag0) John Sims, BN6 Aberdeen, NJ www.healey6.com Marine handheld radios operate on VHF and ar
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- 11. Re: [Healeys] Walkie Talkies (score: 1)
- Author: Jwhlyadv@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:16:41 EST
- We use CB Radios for our Healey trips. They work well in the noisy Healeys and add a bit of fun social chatter. I use one from Radio Shack because my cars are negative ground. Others use a Uniden mod
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- 12. Re: [Healeys] Walkie Talkies (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Davies" <rdavies1@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:37:14 -0800
- ...or is making a beer run everyone is just a click away. Jim Werner.. -- NOW that's a good use! :-) Ron Davies Laguna Hills _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://ww
- /html/healeys/2009-02/msg00384.html (7,948 bytes)
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