Radios (2 way not music)

Gary wrote:

ain,t never had that hair least wise since I was a teenager

same here!

Radios? Now your talking...lol. I work for county ambulance and do many installs. What frs channels are you using and what pl codes? My county truck has VHF and UHF radios in it, we have FRS channels 1 through 10 for our search and rescue team. I have 4 Motorola 1225s that I am installing in some of my buddies' bikes. I also know a radio dealer that I can check with on some used radios. 1225 Motorola 4 channel cost about $450 new without anteana or coax. I have 2 4-channel and 2 128-channel units. Also....don't forget FCC is listening....5 watts is the legal limit on FRS channels....I think you can go 8 on GRMS. We run 40 watt UHFs with 50 Watt boosters in our ambulances, get about 40 air miles out of those when talking to a base unit, but only 3 or 4 when talking truck to truck (not through a repeater). The 25 Watt radios will give you 2 to 3 miles in the mountains. Biggest advantage over handhelds is clarity (and you don't have to change batteries). I have a 2006 Polaris Ranger 6x6 for ATV Rescue at work. Built it myself (and 4 others so far). I own a fab and welding shop (send me your business....lol). I will add a video of the 6x6.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8733695055341836921&ei=agEFSv2UCKC0rQKlg8XmDw

Channel 3 no pl tone.

uncle Charlie who yaw got me wondering now I think I told them no pl on any channel did I mess up

well got one back from shop can't tell how good the transmitt is going to be on a distance yet,but in comeing volum is great.with rindo running, radio blareing the other radio out does the other sounds two to one the hand held volum to mobile radio is

well how many put the radios in msr

Mine is on order , hopfully next week I should have it . Dick has been great to work with so far ( this is Rhino Ryders buddy ) .

Ok , got a package today from Dick ......



Face



Model Tag





Antenea



and the mount




and the Mic




Ricks Buddy is top notch , gave me the program for my model ( to change Freq in the future ) . What I recieved was packed well , Clean , and looked barely used . If you guys are thnking about one , I do highly suggest Dick from what I recieved . He did ask that you contact him on his cell , I will post it later as it is out in the truck .

Looks good Drew

Dick is a class act. I'd like to know what he has forgotten about radios. His cell is 304-669-9994.

I would like to get one sometime but not any time soon

Thanks for the intoducing me to him Rick , only problem we had was me not knowing much at all about what I was buying , but Daryl helped with Emailing him the codes he needed to program it . Rick , bring him along on the next ride cause the bread that he says his wife makes sounds awsome ( she works in a Bakery ) .

punder run your cable thourgh your mount do not try to put bottom end in first like I did and go a get chain saw file to enlarge the hole,I think I just told on my self

He sent me 17ft of cable , Neuromax said on CB you have to have the cable a certain length , is that so on 2 way ? How do I solder the end cable on ( have never solidered cable before ) .

check with Rick or one of them that knows for sure.But I belive it won,t make a difference on what we are all doing because we don't have enough metal to get a standard wave I also belive if you wind your extra cable up in a loose circle and tie it off out of the way you'll be ok

I finally got around to putting my radio in tonight. I like the way it turned out and it sounds GREAT

Looks good Daryl. Punder, did Dick send you a cable end (pl-259)? If he did it is probabbly crimp on type, if you want to use it I have a crimper, we will just have to meet at wagon wheel for a ride and crimp it for you. don't worry about cable length, it won't make that big of a difference just roll up excess and stuff it somewhere. the 1/4 wave antenna is very broad banded, SWR should be pretty close. As far as soldering the end on it isn't hard, just make sure that when you are done check it with an ohm meter between outer barrel and center pin so that you don't have it shorted. That will fry the finals for sure. Oh don't use those cheap Radio shack screw on type ends, they are junk.

He said Soldier on the phone , but will check the number you sent to see . I did see the post on the bracket for the anteana ( thanks for the heads up ) . I may take it to a Radio shop local to see if they can do it ( dont want fry it before I get to use it ) . Radio shack has gone way down , I used to enjoy looking thru , they don't carry anything anymore . Looks good Daryl , If I get my power cable next week I may try to get mine hooked up .

do these radios pick up any engine noise, like alt or spark plug interference, like the old AM radios did.

Will be able to tell you better after this weekend . Pushrod I need to post a picture of the top , after a day of messing with it Daryl and I made a sharp looking top out of the material you suggested ( thanks again for the lead on it ) .

pushrod I can only speak for my self but I have not picked up any motor noise or power line buzz and no rf from motorcycles

thanks gary! punder

Pushrod, alternator whine is caused by a ground loop. Explaining that gets pretty technical and kind of hard to write about. Most of the time this happens when the radio has an internal battery of some type that the device will run on without vehical power (cell phone for example)or even a small battery just to retain memory. Basically what it is the device gets confused. With DC current the electrons flow from + to -. The audio amplifier that drives the speaker uses power to run it, however when it tries to send the electrons back to the battery some of it will go to the little battery, causing an unbalanced flow which causes the whine. A device without an internal battery will also whine if it doesn't have a good design as in cheap CB's. The AM signal on CB's is even more susceptable to noise just buy the nature of an AM signal. If you get whine let me know I have plans on how to build a simple filter that will take it out, cost to build is about 10-15 bucks. Spark noise is a different animal but the filter will help that too. Hope I didn't confuse you.

no, i do understand it, i just didnt know if the sxs would have this interferance. the mp3 player is quiet. just was wondering about the 2 way radios. thanks RR. (i have cb radios in the trucks, and some of them are very noisey) i guess now ill have to get a kit like punder got. thanks again for being helpfull, and the info. wish i was out there riden with them guys. pushrod

well punder and I got to use our radios this weekend and they are GREAT, always clear, no background noise, lots of distance. I can't say enough good things about this set up!

2nd that , Still thinking on a Good water cover as I was worried as the kids started using the water guns around the machines and washing the Ranger off .

punder when you figure that out tell the rest of us .all I can say is that I hooked it up to a quick disconect to take it out have even thought of putting it in a plastic bag but then it would sweat being my luck but thinking the bag part for sure to cover 3/4 of it from rear to front

Still tossing around the idea of these radios for the RZR.....anyone know if there is a radio similar to this that is set up for the FRS/GMRS?

http://www.boaterbarn.com/cobra_75_wx_st_cb_radio_remote_mount_40_chan_10_noaa_1079_prd1.htm

Rob,

I looked at all kinds of options and this was the best set up I could come up with. These are the same radios that you guys use in your cars and you can use the same radio that can be clipped to the belt but its big and bulky and not as powerful. If I were you I would find out who in your dept is in charge of the radios and go and talk to them. They may be able to hook you up ;)

I plan on doing that Daryl....I was just thinking that if there was one available like the cobra CB in the link I provided ....it would be easier to "water proof" the "brains" of the unit.