Aplogies Fury...this has to do with our PMs the other night...I'm going to hijack your thread vs. starting another...
Note: Radios/freqs/programming/etc...are all quite confusing to me. I've been steadily working my way through the info (Wikipedia, ASCA, Ham amateur forum, etc...) but as it's all new info to me, and it's going to take a while to understand it, especially with no practical experience. So I'm hoping that someone with a good bit of experience can offer some help here.
Objective:
- clear comms during field games where the bush can be thick and dense (i.e. Boarder Wars)
- clear comms to other FRS radios (i.e. talkabouts, cobras, garmin...)
- compatibility with readily available accessories
- not cost hundreds of $$$/unit
- Optional: receive 2 FRS channels at once and selective transmit on one (I know that there is a more $$$ Kenwood model that does this, but do any others?)
- "easily" programmed by neophyte
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- My wife would like the radios strong enough to work up at the cottage so she can call me back when breakfast/lunch/dinner is ready and I'm down the lake fishing...of course I'd add that reception can be "intermittent", in case the bite is on!
See...the objectives are easy.
My teammate and I have been looking around and trying to decipher things, but we're at the point now where it's the mildly-informed leading the inexperienced.
Could you please comment on the:
Puxing PX-777 and the PX-888
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-PUXING-PX-77...QQcmdZViewItem
or any similar price range ($70-90) type of unit.
Thank you in advance!
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Ummm...thanks Lerch...very helpful and I'm sure God appreciates your thanks.
I'm not advising or encouraging anyone to do anything illegal, etc...just gathering information...yeah, yeah, that's it.