accessible two-way radios?
so, I've had this obsession with walkie talkies/two-way radios, whatever you want to call them since I was like 6, and I've finally decided to spend $40 on a pair, even though I don't really have anyone to use them with currently. I was looking a
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Hi. KG4fuj here. LOL. Anyway, as for two way radios, the thing you are looking for is how easyly you can feel the controls along with an easy to navagate menu if the radios in question has one. I have an icom T7H that has a menu that I can't seem to f
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Hi. KG4FUJ here. Those who have their radio lisence will be able to get that. LOL. Anyway, as for two way radios, the thing you are looking for is how easyly you can feel the controls along with an easy to navagate menu if the radios in question has one. I
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Yeah, I was expecting something mostly inaccessible but I watched an unboxing video and apparently it has different tones for when you reach ends of menus and things. Also, that page specifically mentioned the radios I'm getting having text to speech,
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Text to speech would be very nice, but overall, the very best you will most likely get is different tones and beeps to notify you of different things like the end of menus and the like. One thing you do have to watch out for, to some degree, is what band
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out of curiosity, how does the FCC enforce the license requirement in general? Seems like it would be really difficult to.
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Trust me, you are not the first to bring that up. So, I will give you the best answer I can. The short answer is that it is very hard. Now for the long answer. If other people can't track you, chances are the FCC will not. From stuff I have heard, ham
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Are there a resources where I can learn about these different bands? I'm curious about what's the difference between them, like what makes the GRMS band so much more special that it requires a license whereas the other one that I can't rememb
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I pretty much linked to them in post 4. It comes down to what is allowed. This is sort of where I consider the FCC a little bit on the crazy side per say. It comes down to allowed power output and rather or not you can connect an outdoor antenna to it. The
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Well, actually, the most accessible handheld two way on the market is the BaoFeng UV5r or UV82 series. They have some speech, and all the menu options are voiced given proper use of the manual to know what numeric option corresponds to.
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These look interesting. I am thinking about getting one of these and programming for the Amateur Radio bands that I wish to get on. For those who wish to get these for use as around the house comms, be where of the freqs that you will need to program it for
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Well, Chirp is not accessible at all on the PC or Mac Side, but BaoFeng has a "VIP" section on their site with windows programming software that seems to be quite useable with Jaws / NVDA. The truly tough part of the process is finding a program
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Before I go out and buy, what are the other drawbacks? Can I program the radio without the computer? If I need to access a frequency that isn't programmed into the radio, is it possible? I know this sounds crazy, but can I set it up for duplex opera
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Hrm. I was researching that pair of radios and saw that you need a license to transmit on all of the supported bands? Also, all of this information is just flying right over my head. lolI don't mind the conversation expanding to radio in general t
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Hrm. I was researching that pair of radios and saw that you need a license to transmit on all of the supported bands, is that true? Also, all of this information is just flying right over my head. lolI don't mind the conversation expanding to rad
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If you program in the MURS frequencies, you might not need a license if you keep it on the low power setting, but it really is design to ham radio specks. Sorry about this going over your head. Duplex operations is basically talking on one channel while
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Hi Aaron, nah, you definitely don't need special permition to transmit on the family radio service band for example. However, you would have to program those frequencies into the UV5r/82.
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The Multi-Use Radio Service has a power limit of 2 WATS and allows for detachable antennas. Radios that are being sold for use in the family radio service are not allowed detachable antennas and a power of no more than .5 wats. Neither band requires a license
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I've understood most of the terms mentioned above, it's just the different frequencies are meaningless to me. Also, how hard is it to program one of these things? Do you need a lot of knowledge to do so?
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It could be as simple of sending a list of frequencies to it to as hard as giving it all the needed info to communicate. Over all, I don't think it will be all that much harder than programming in your presets in to your car or hand hell radio that you
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so these radios are really old, correct? Can either of you direct me to what I'd need to buy to make them usable? I will return the ones I have since they're not accessible anyway, and these radios are cheaper. Though, from what I've r
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This looks like this might be what you are looking for. You can also see what people are saying about over here on amazon for what it is worth.
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This looks like this might be what you are looking for. You can also see what people are saying about over here on amazon for what it is worth. I will remind you to do your research before setting things up on these. I hope that I and others gave you enough
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What CW said, these UV's don't have any kind of transmission governors like higher end radios do, which means that you could transmit on frequencies for which you don't have a permit and potentially make someone in the FCC somewhat miffed with
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Why do you think I said do your own research. LOL. If you buy radios that are preprogrammed, then you really will not have to worry as much if at all seeing that such radios are built to FCC specs here in the US. On the other hands, these are cheap, and can
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