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Two-way radio for off-road excursions

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Robbie

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Two-way radio for off-road excursions

What do most people use for group comms these days when going for a team excursion - PMR, LPD, CB or paper cups and string?

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20th May 2016 9:47 pm

Hairy Dan

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We use cb's on the Kielder Safari and when out green lanning

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20th May 2016 9:49 pm

tayaste

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CB here too, although it doesn't seem to get much use

20th May 2016 9:54 pm

anglefire

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CB in Poland and Pyrenees - PMR sometime in the UK (Not that I've done much in the UK for a long time!) Mark.
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20th May 2016 10:05 pm

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Yep, CB. PMRs are just pants over all but very short distances, esp in-car to in-car.

20th May 2016 10:09 pm

Hairy Dan

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One other thing to bear in mind in relation to cb's is that if you go for a hand held one they are pretty useless in a car unless you have an external aerial.

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20th May 2016 10:14 pm

tayaste

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Unless you go for the Alan 42 which is a capable of both

20th May 2016 10:16 pm

Gareth
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Got an Alan 42 CB which easily transports between any of my cars, each of which is fitted with an aerial and cable, and a power supply. It's a great reliable unit. I have a set of pmr radios too, but rarely use them.

20th May 2016 11:36 pm

Madrilleno

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CB. Don't use it except for lanes so it's not fixed in the car permanently. There are two rules for success,
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21st May 2016 6:51 am

kirkyworld

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I use CB car to car and amateur radio group to group.

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21st May 2016 7:39 am

Robbie

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I didn't think CBs would be the popular choice and not something I own. I do have a few PMRs though that have a really good range.

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21st May 2016 7:53 am

peteyd

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2016 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 Graphite LE Auto Loire Blue

I didn't know what a PMR is so I Googled it and got this : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kel-Tec_PMR-30

I suppose you can use it to get your message across. MY16 D4 Graphite in Loire Blue

21st May 2016 9:27 am

Down&Dirty

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We use pbr uhf radio's good for 10/30+ miles dependant on terrain

Have fair few hand helds and 6 mobile,and being kenwood I can program myself

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21st May 2016 9:50 am

Brian_DL13

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peteyd wrote:
I didn't know what a PMR is so I Googled it and got this : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kel-Tec_PMR-30

I suppose you can use it to get your message across.

Range is good

21st May 2016 10:29 am

Robbie

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peteyd wrote:
I didn't know what a PMR is so I Googled it and got this : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kel-Tec_PMR-30

I suppose you can use it to get your message across.

I'm happy with my 9mm Glock - less bits to loose and easier to put back together again when boredom strikes.

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21st May 2016 11:00 am

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