And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Better to spend the money to get a GMRS license with the ability to use higher power output, better antennas, and repeaters if available. (One license can cover an entire family).
Or study and get an amateur radio license. Then the sky's the limit (literally, with the right unit you can communicate through satellites). While the license cost is the same as the GMRS, everyone using the radios have to have their own license.
Our ISEA in the Navy started out with walkie talkie capable cell phones back in 1998. They could talk enormous distances as walkie talkies. Haven't seen them in almost 20 years.
What does that even mean? You do realize, don't you, that the term "walkie talkie" is a nickname? I've had many cellphones since 1992 and I've never heard of one with "walkie talkie" functions nor a reason why.
Southern Linc had a push to talk feature. Worked like a walkie talkie and was a cell phone as well. If I remember correcly, Sprint bought them out and ran it for a few years.
Nextel had a function where the PTT would work phone to phone with no cell tower needed. Used it on a cruise ship the one and only cruise I ever went on. pretty cool, we set up our own networks.
Used the Sprint version in the early 00's for the company's fleet of towtrucks that patrolled the freeways for CHP. Worked quite well, all you needed was the access code for the unit you wanted to talk to. Seemed that you could talk to anyone on the Sprint system if you knew their code. And still worked as a cell phone, so double duty. I assumed it was using the cell network for connection, and not directly unit to unit, but never confirmed it.
How long range, I wonder
ReplyDeleteNot nearly as long as they claim and much less than you want.
ReplyDeleteAverage 1/2 mile, at best.
ReplyDeleteBetter to spend the money to get a GMRS license with the ability to use higher power output, better antennas, and repeaters if available. (One license can cover an entire family).
Or study and get an amateur radio license. Then the sky's the limit (literally, with the right unit you can communicate through satellites). While the license cost is the same as the GMRS, everyone using the radios have to have their own license.
Our ISEA in the Navy started out with walkie talkie capable cell phones back in 1998. They could talk enormous distances as walkie talkies. Haven't seen them in almost 20 years.
ReplyDeleteWhat does that even mean?
DeleteYou do realize, don't you, that the term "walkie talkie" is a nickname?
I've had many cellphones since 1992 and I've never heard of one with "walkie talkie" functions nor a reason why.
Southern Linc had a push to talk feature. Worked like a walkie talkie and was a cell phone as well. If I remember correcly, Sprint bought them out and ran it for a few years.
DeleteNextel had a function where the PTT would work phone to phone with no cell tower needed. Used it on a cruise ship the one and only cruise I ever went on. pretty cool, we set up our own networks.
DeleteUsed the Sprint version in the early 00's for the company's fleet of towtrucks that patrolled the freeways for CHP. Worked quite well, all you needed was the access code for the unit you wanted to talk to. Seemed that you could talk to anyone on the Sprint system if you knew their code. And still worked as a cell phone, so double duty. I assumed it was using the cell network for connection, and not directly unit to unit, but never confirmed it.
ReplyDeleteIt's a UHF radio with a power output of maybe 1W. With that stubby little antenna you'd be lucky to talk more than a mile.
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