I'm confronting a major tower job this month, and have noticed that the tiny FRS radios have come down substantially in price. It seems as if these units would be great for tower to ground communicat
I'm finding more and more professional tower crews are using FRS. After all, they are $25 each for the better Motorola radios and the batteries last all day and then some. I'd go for the ones with se
The only real negative we found is the constant hiss from the squelch that has no adjustment. On weekends in some areas, the guy up on the tower hears a lot of chatter from other users........IMO the
Anyone using VOX headsets while on the tower? I found fumbling for the radio in the tool bucket (or on the belt) a bit annoying and useless when the aerial tower worker needs both hands for an operat
Yes, I use an old set of radio shack 49mhz wireless headsets with vox... their range isn't too good, but they are handy. Do any of the frs ones have vox?? David Robbins K1TTT e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arr
Author: "William G. McDowell" <k4cia@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:04:06 -0400
Check out FRS radios made by XACT and sold by Walmart. These units are less than $9.00 each, have VOX, 22 Channels and are really well made. They even have a wrist model thats about $20 and it has VO
Author: "William G. McDowell" <k4cia@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:19:54 -0400
Correct link for XACT Communication is http://www.xactcommunication.com/index.asp 73 Bill, K4CIA _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting To
I can see my post wasn't very clear - what I wanted to know was if anyone uses a headset plugged into their VOX-capable (many/most of them seem to have VOX nowadays) FRS radios? I have two FRS radios