which walkie talkie to buy

[bob]

Need 4 good quality ones for local scouts for events ect

not cheap nastys

any links and advice appreciated

[Dean Lofthouse]

Put "Midland GXT" in to ebay search Bob.

 

They are long range walkie talkies not available over here because they are above the wattage "recommended"

 

I bought about 20 for the shoot from america, they dont have the 20 or 30 mile range claimed from valley to valley but have a hell of a range hill top to hill top, I was speaking to a friend about ten mile away but line of sight.

 

Any of the GXT range are good but I have GXT 700's

[mpb]

  bob said:

Need 4 good quality ones for local scouts for events ect

not cheap nastys

any links and advice appreciated

 

Got a pair of these

 

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Use them for scout events. Very good, will take a crab through the top ring to stop you dropping them.

 

Martin

[Catweazle]

Try for a set with lockable controls. I bought Motorolas years ago, to use in the woods for my kids, they discovered the auto-scan feature and had fun winding up the staff of a local leisure centre for a while until I caught them at it. The poor buggers were getting calls to run all over the building.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Good point about a lockable control because accidently pressing the VOX button can be very embarrassing if you are having a private convo with 40 odd people listening like what happens on the shoot.

 

I took the radio apart and put a peice of tape under the VOX button to disable it