Savhmr Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Anyone have experience with various types of walkie talkie? We're having a few concerns with poachers and in order to catch them red handed, we're organising ourselves a little more formally and need some reliable walkie talkies to keep in touch. We have a general licence and a couple of old GP300 VHF units. Is there much about today to recommend anything other than maybe buying a few more serviced GP300 Radius hand-helds which have been robust if a little chunky? PMRs have been discounted as toys over the few miles we need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 (edited) if you can wait for 2 weeks delivery cabelas have em with a 20 mile range which isnt too bad to be fair Edited June 19, 2015 by clakk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 As you have a VHF license then why not look at Baofeng Radios on the bay ? Cheap and do the job, this way you can afford several and any, brok, stolen or damaged can be easily replaced ! ATB Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savhmr Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Are any of these better than the GP300 though? Reliability/longevity is also needed and with what's on offer in the UK, importing from the States and paying customs taxes seems not worth the hassle tbh. I can get refurbed GP300s, new batteries/antennas included for about £60 each, and I know they'll take a hammering. I guess, being all sensible and using the grey matter, none up to the standard 4 or 5watts output will offer anything of a range advantage, just wondering if there's been any innovation elsewhere in usage as the GP300 is an old design now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett1985 Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 those baofengs are hard to beat for the price to be honest... and they'll give good range too. the only headache can be setting them up. worth a look in my opinion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savhmr Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Thanks...I'll take a look. Only thing is I haven't a scooby how to go about programming them to read the same frequencies as my present GP300 units...come to that, I wouldn't know how to set any new addition GP300 up! I may need Gandalf for this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 If you know your frequencies it's easy to tap them in but if you want to do a few with several channels get a programming lead etc and just do it via a laptop ! ATB Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 WE have used Motorola ones ( set of 10) for over 10 years, not had a failure yet other than batteries. No idea of they need a licence. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savhmr Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 WE have used Motorola ones ( set of 10) for over 10 years, not had a failure yet other than batteries. No idea of they need a licence. A Basically, anything that isn't PMR needs licencing. Best value is Business and General licence as for £75 annually, you can cover as many units as you want. I may just stick with the GP units. You can literally hammer fence posts in with the things and over open country, we're easily managing several miles line of sight, double that with vehicle mounted aerials. Better the devil you know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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