Baofeng hand held radios come with earphone/mike and operate 2m and
440MHz simplex or split and also cover the marine band, all NOAA WX
chans, GMRS, FRS, etc. They even cover your music and news needs by
covering the FM broadcast as well. Roughly $40 from Amazon. I have
several UV-5R (one per vehicle) A lot of radio for $40.
Patrick
On 10/15/2017 10:23 AM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk wrote:
Just any handheld can operate simple. That way you are all on the same
frequency and can talk to each other. Yoy want something cheap, buy a set of
FRS radios. they work on UHF, cost around $30 - 40. You can find them at
Walmarts etc. You can add a head-set and most of them have VOX built in, and
nobody needs a license to operate them.
Good luck with your tower project, de,
Hans - N2JFS
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff <keepwalking188@ac0c.com>
To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 3:55
Subject: [TowerTalk] 3-way handheld comm recommendation for tower work
I’m looking for a recommendation on some sort of small radio that could be used
when we have guys up on the tower. The catch is I would like to find something that
would have a shared frequency so we could have a 3+ radios on the same frequency.
Cell phones with bluetooth would be ideal but that’s out because the local cell phone
service for the guys on the ground is spotty which is really too bad because that would be a
perfect solution. Something like 2m would work ok but that’s not duplex and would
require PTT activation with a hand that is not necessary going to be free to push the button.
I’m a HF guy and really don’t know anything about hand-held solutions but I
would guess there is a cheap silver-bullet for this task. Just have zero idea of what it
would be.
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
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