Ham radio?

[Jump This]

What are you using in your Jeep?
I installed this cool CB in my crawler....and NOBODY uses CB's anymore.
Maybe Santa will kick down?

 

[cal]

http://www.amazon.com/Yaesu-FT-2900R-Mobile-Transceiver-Amateur/dp/B004WKH00M

Seems to be pretty durable.

 

[sidewaysstarion]

I have one of these that I use.
http://www.amazon.com/BaoFeng-UV-5R...?ie=UTF8&qid=1386217682&sr=8-2&keywords=uv-5r

 

[JohnX]

That fits the budget....any down sides you've noticed?

 

[cal]

That fits the budget....any down sides you've noticed?

I have 7 of that radio. They work great.

 

[RWKHausSupply]

Contact Tony here someone (tonytcm?)knows his sign on here.

He has 100watt Motorola maratrax radios for cheap.

These are awesome. The power is great. I can talk to pits over 20 miles away over hills and have like 40 common channels programmed. I even have one for pits. They are big though with a face panel and main power unit. But we'll worth the size if you want serious distance and power.

 

[cal]

Rick isn't looking to race though, so he wants a ham radio..

 

[RWKHausSupply]

What's the difference? Idk... I just like having the ability to talk to others way far away.

 

[cal]

What's the difference? Idk... I just like having the ability to talk to others way far away.

Race radios only work on the commercial bands, 150-174 mhz..

whereas the majority of people are running ham radios, which are explicitly locked out of those bands.

Its kind of like limiting yourself to AM radio. It has more distance, but there's a lot less content..

 

[markw]

I'd be interested in one of the maxtracs for the repeater. I'd also recommend the FT1900R for the buggy it's smaller and cheaper. Rick, when you come into town to get that hood, show up on a saturday, we'll go over to HRO off Kearney and 163 and get you setup, they're probably the best prices locally.

 

[Jump This]

HRO came up during my searches. Maybe this Saturday?

 

[RWKHausSupply]

Race radios only work on the commercial bands, 150-174 mhz..

whereas the majority of people are running ham radios, which are explicitly locked out of those bands.

Its kind of like limiting yourself to AM radio. It has more distance, but there's a lot less content..

Why else do you put a radio in the Jeep? :eeks1:

 

[ocean_jet]

I have one of these that I use.
http://www.amazon.com/BaoFeng-UV-5R...?ie=UTF8&qid=1386217682&sr=8-2&keywords=uv-5r

Did you get the programming cable and try to prgram it via computer? If so, is it difficult?

 

[xtimmax]

Did you get the programming cable and try to prgram it via computer? If so, is it difficult?

I have the same one, I programmed it via YouTube.

I also used this and it helped a lot to learn the radio.

http://www.buytwowayradios.com/products/resources/Baofeng/UV-5R-Owners-Manual-2.pdf

 

[Lowrange2]

I have one of these that I use.
http://www.amazon.com/BaoFeng-UV-5R...?ie=UTF8&qid=1386217682&sr=8-2&keywords=uv-5r

I was about to post a link to one of those. My father has ordered about 40 of those to give his fire dept's employees as a Christmas gift.

He's had one that he's worn on his belt daily for about 3 months and it's still in great shape. Works great.

At $35 they're pretty much disposable anyway.

 

[sidewaysstarion]

I have the programming cable, but even without the programming cable its not that hard to program.

 

[GSequoia]

I have the programming cable, but even without the programming cable its not that hard to program.

But it's very counter-intuitive. Chinese radios suck for programming.



For a rig I'd get a mobile radio, 55W or greater. The Yaesu FT1900R is a good one for that and can be easily modified to run in the business band.

Then get the above Chinese handheld as well so you can call Avery a douche from your camp chair.

 

[cal]

Did you get the programming cable and try to prgram it via computer? If so, is it difficult?

I have the cable and program it via CHiRP. I found it very, very simple to do.

 

[mako my day]

We'll, I'm sold on that. Just ordered one. Lol.

 

[Boudroux]

I have a icom ic-v8 that I use for racing in Baja. I just know the place I got it from programmed it for the typical race frequencies used down there.

I never thought about using it in the jeep till this thread. Anyone know if it can also be programmed for ham use?