2 way radio's in GLA area

[the squiggle]

Anyone know where i/we can hire/borrow a set of 2 way radio's for the weekend

Grant

[Gumball]

Grant

Have you tried "the 2 way radio for the weekend shop" in Glasgow ?

LOL

[wilky]

I have 2 ways and other goodies call me and we can sort something out

Callum W

[dougster]

Don't even try PMRs and hand held CB's are poor without external antennae. (car to car that is)

Cal has a couple of PMR's if you really need something but their range is limited even out of the car.

Good luck.

[wilky]

PRR not PMR, totally different thing Duggy.

[dougster]

Did I hear you mention Personal Role Radio in the previous post?

And by 'Cal' I mean Callum Shand who gave me one of his Motorlolas(?) on the way to KH one day...........we were better off with hand signals!!

[Gumball]

cheers hen

[wilky]

Ok matey, dont get you knickers in a twist, why you not on msn?

Callum

[dougster]

I wasn't hence the and I am on msn????

[johns]

Most of the hand held radios that you can get that don't need a special licence to operate have a very limited range in a car. We used them successfully on the Catalunya Rally trips, and they were very good for what we used them for then, but the range was limited to about 1Km and sometimes much less if there were hills/corners in the way.

We split into different groups, and the lead car in each group used CB radios to keep in touch. These were good for up to 5 to 10 miles if conditions were good. The only downside is that the needed a big stick on aerial on the roof to work effectively, but none of them fell off or marked the cars in any way. The leader of each group would then communicate with the rest of their group via the hand held radios.

Most of the time we used them to say we were stopping at the next fuel station, take the next junction on the left, watch out for a hazard up ahead, and in some circumstances that the road ahead was clear, even though it was twisty which permitted cars behind to overtake when the visibility wasn't 100% safe for overtaking. Be warned though, that this last option seriously upsets other drivers on the road who aren't aware that the people travelling in a group are in constant communication, and following some hassles, we stopped using them for this purpose.

In Scotland, we have found that the most effective communication between cars/groups is by using a mobile phone, ideally the passenger in each car and it's good to get everyone in each group to swap numbers (program them into the phones) before they head off. Make sure at least one person has the numbers for the group ahead/behind as well.

John

[st3ph3n]

What you really need is some new phones with PTT - Push To Talk - on them. That's like 2-way radio over the mobile network.

Not many out yet though.