Radios and coms

[LawDog]

Correct it or I'll kill it.

Please lean towards correction rather than killing. I can weed through the chaff. When you know as little as I do about this subject, everything helps. Even the discussion of rules has some utility--when it comes from someone who has knowledge of actual enforcement practices. The thread can be pruned to turn it back toward selecting proper gear and how to use it.

[SoCal1]

I live on 145 acres of farm land and wanted a communications solution for the family that would:

1. Be easy to use for daily on farm communications
2. Cover the entire farm
3. Would work with hearing protection
4. Be usable if we needed to communicate in an emergency, dealing with trespassers, dealing with predators, or if a wild mob of liberals decided to make themselves available for target practice.

I settled on these GMRS radios since they are a little more durable then the radios available in retail stores:

https://www.buytwowayradios.com/wouxun-kg-905g.html

and these hearing protections muffs with GMRS radio add-ons:

https://www.amazon.com/Walkers-Elect...s%2C266&sr=8-6

I programmed them to use a GMRS frequency that does not get any use in my area with a DCS code.

I also have a base station GMRS radio in the house with an antenna at about 25 feet high.

With this setup we can communicate all over the farm and it keeps everyone familiar with how the radios operate in case of an emergency.

[Country Boy]

That's a solid setup for your situation.

I live on 145 acres of farm land and wanted a communications solution for the family that would:

1. Be easy to use for daily on farm communications
2. Cover the entire farm
3. Would work with hearing protection
4. Be usable if we needed to communicate in an emergency, dealing with trespassers, dealing with predators, or if a wild mob of liberals decided to make themselves available for target practice.

I settled on these GMRS radios since they are a little more durable then the radios available in retail stores:

https://www.buytwowayradios.com/wouxun-kg-905g.html

and these hearing protections muffs with GMRS radio add-ons:

https://www.amazon.com/Walkers-Elect...s%2C266&sr=8-6

I programmed them to use a GMRS frequency that does not get any use in my area with a DCS code.

I also have a base station GMRS radio in the house with an antenna at about 25 feet high.

With this setup we can communicate all over the farm and it keeps everyone familiar with how the radios operate in case of an emergency.

[62-10]

6 watt portable marine radios are relatively inexpensive, readily available, & waterproof...just sayin.

[coastalcop]

NOT an expert, but GMRS radios ar coming into their own i. the 4x4 community. the “license “ is easy to get if youre into that ,and midland makes soem pretty good off the shelf higher wattage options od handheld and vehicle use. Prices arent baeofang bit are far short price wise of motorola dual band setups.

at least to me. gmrs has far more usability than frs systems, but has far more oitput wattage from the factory and doesnt require the rocket science technical knowhow of ham systems. nice middleground for a knuckldragger loke me

damn I gotta get the settings on this new ipads keyboard worked out, Im writing like a fuckin idiot

[LawDog]

damn I gotta get the settings on this new ipads keyboard worked out, Im writing like a fuckin idiot

Okay, sir. Just stand with your feet together, hands at your sides. I want you to hold your head still and—with your eyes only—follow the tip of my finger.

[coastalcop]

Okay, sir. Just stand with your feet together, hands at your sides. I want you to hold your head still and—with your eyes only—follow the tip of my finger.

Or 80s era east texas field sobriety . “ Ok the last test is to bend down, place your hands on your knees and spell “ RUN” three times, loudly and fast.

somewhere , a family member that lives in that area and was in LE, has a beta video from the dash cam ( cutting edge in that era) of this test and the poor drunk that got tricked into it. Upside, he got public intoxication instead of Dwi. down side, a bunch of cops got to see this poor schmo bending over and saying “ are you in”. three times.

[Hasher]

I live on 145 acres of farm land and wanted a communications solution for the family that would:

1. Be easy to use for daily on farm communications
2. Cover the entire farm
3. Would work with hearing protection
4. Be usable if we needed to communicate in an emergency, dealing with trespassers, dealing with predators, or if a wild mob of liberals decided to make themselves available for target practice.

I settled on these GMRS radios since they are a little more durable then the radios available in retail stores:

https://www.buytwowayradios.com/wouxun-kg-905g.html

and these hearing protections muffs with GMRS radio add-ons:

https://www.amazon.com/Walkers-Elect...s%2C266&sr=8-6

I programmed them to use a GMRS frequency that does not get any use in my area with a DCS code.

I also have a base station GMRS radio in the house with an antenna at about 25 feet high.

With this setup we can communicate all over the farm and it keeps everyone familiar with how the radios operate in case of an emergency.

Dorkface

do you think this can be made to work with the setups we have?

[Dorkface]

Dorkface

do you think this can be made to work with the setups we have?

Those are stand alone radios so they will work with anything else on the same frequency; Be it Baofengs, Motorola walkies or whatever.

[Hasher]

Got ya.

i was looking for a cable and pin interface.

makes sense now.