walky-talky recs?
 

Anyone tried any modern-style walky-talkies for use when fly-fishing
with (fast hiking) friends, ones that will work in river gorges? Or,
ever see any side-by-side reviews of such?

I just spent the last three days scrambling up and down river canyons
with friends, and could really have used a good pair to keep us in
touch. We almost lost one guy. My concern is that the walkys won't
work in the deeper gorge areas. Any thoughts?

Thanks, Tim

Also -- any idea how the new cell phone / walkie talkies (and gps, all
in one), stack up against the dedicated walkie-talkie unites? Talking
about phones like the i860 with Nextel...

RW wrote:

"They work very well, especially in river canyons. It's convenient to
be
able to keep in touch. They're great in cars. I like to tune into
different frequencies and **** with people trying to communicate with
their fishing buddies. Great sport. "

I'm pretty sure we had some guys looking for us on the Gallatin last
summer!

bh

"chas" wrote in message
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wrote:
Also -- any idea how the new cell phone / walkie talkies (and gps, all
in one), stack up against the dedicated walkie-talkie unites? Talking
about phones like the i860 with Nextel...


Cell phone "walkie-talkie" requires a cell tower as I understand it.

The "new" ones can actually work as regular old "walkie talkies" too, in
addition to direct connect via their digital wireless service. Their usable
distance as plain "walkie talkies" is still somewhat of a mystery though, as
they are so new still.


I've used several of the motorolla type walk-about machines with15 or 20
channels, and 30 some sub channels. They work well up to about 2 miles in
the
mountains. I think the canyon would need to be tight and nasty to mess
them up.


Agreed. Terrain and weather (cloud cover) do seem to affect them differently
at different times, but they do seem to have a pretty good range. Of course
I assume you're referring to the variuos FRS radios out there today. I have
a set of Motorolas and a set of Cobras, and they both seem to work about the
same, we have used them out to almost 3 miles in good/ideal (line of sight)
conditions.

Chas
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On 6 Jul 2005 05:43:49 -0700, wrote:

RW wrote:

"They work very well, especially in river canyons. It's convenient to
be
able to keep in touch. They're great in cars. I like to tune into
different frequencies and **** with people trying to communicate with
their fishing buddies. Great sport. "

I'm pretty sure we had some guys looking for us on the Gallatin last
summer!

bh

Why would anyone do that, Bruce, and enjoy it?

I can understand Barnard doing it, but not you.

Lo siento. I can see that I've written something misleading.

We thought they were some of the ROFF guys at first. Then they got
****ed off at us so we screwed with them a little.

In light of the flame wars you two have been engaged in at times, my
guess is that both of you would have really ripped them a new one. We
just goofed with them a little and it was fun. They were obviously
able to handle it and we probably didn't hurt their feelings too much.

bruce h

Total Badass!

So they do work in river canyons? Great!

Any specific models to recommend? Motorola and Cobra brands were
mentioned...

Thanks, T