Looking for a pair of 2 way radios, walkie talkies whatever you want to call them. I have no interest in the high dollar rugged setups with headsets and intercoms im just looking for something cheap and simple that works. Only need it to talk to a buddy while riding instead of hollering back and forth. Just some simple handhelds that are loud enough to hear over the motor. Was loooking at some midland models on Amazon but I’d like to know what others are using for budget communications as I have no experience with this stuff. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
2 way radio suggestions
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The Bofang radio is one of the better handheld radio out there. I purchased a GMRS from rugged radio that is a radio that rugged radio pprograms mainly for off road racing not recommended for ATV/UTV use. Rugged radio was good enough to let me return my GMRS for one I can program it's 50 watts radio so when your riding with a group with a distance and in mountain regions. I intalled a 696 intercom unit with two head sets that allows upto 4 people in your 4 seater can listen and talk makes things so much better. Contact Rugged Radio or you dealer they sell kits for all UTV's.
That Rugged Radio setup is like $1300?
I’m ordering stuff for myself right now
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I am sure rugged radio is good, but for what is needed, they are way overpriced to me......
Yeah like I said I just ended up spending 35$ on a set of baofeng radios lol. Nowhere near interested in the rugged stuff I will rarely use these things
As I understand it, the Rugged Radios are no than a Baofeng UV5R with a blue case and Rugged Radios frequencies programed into it. I believe that is what I have read. Correct my misinformation if I am wrong, also you would think they would have at least gone to the 9R since it is waterproof.
Do you have a gmrs license or did you say "fuck it"?
Nice try Mr. FCC man!
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I also don't drink and ride or exceed the speed limit or fly my drone out of sight.
You probably don't fly it in National Parks either do you. LOL
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We have the Kenwood Nexedge handheld radio which works well enough with decent range but we couldn't hear much when we were driving on the trails.
So this last trip to the Hatfield McCoy trails last week we tried the Midland micromobile 2 way radio but it still wasn't powerful even on the high power channels , nor loud enough to hear much while on the trails.
I think whatever radio we settle on it's going to need more power along with headsets and an intercom so that we can hear both the radio com and each other.
Kind of getting tired of saying, "what did they say", "what did you say" while riding.
So this last trip to the Hatfield McCoy trails last week we tried the Midland micromobile 2 way radio but it still wasn't powerful even on the high power channels , nor loud enough to hear much while on the trails.
I think whatever radio we settle on it's going to need more power along with headsets and an intercom so that we can hear both the radio com and each other.
Kind of getting tired of saying, "what did they say", "what did you say" while riding.
I picked up a cb speaker out of a wrecked truck. Going to try that mounted inside the roof between the seats. An try that plugged into my handheld. I don’t do headsets, i like to hear my surroundings and what’s coming at me. The radios i use beep when someone talks first, i can hear that then listen for what they are saying.
Let me know how that works out because the headset and intercom is a last resort.
Ya it doesn’t seem much louder than the radio, but was free. I do see they make amplified ones. Hopefully being mounted up by our ears helps. Machine is tore apart at the moment. Will get it tried out next week.
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If you can find an old Motorola bag phone, those external speakers are REALLY loud and work great for an external radio speaker.
Interesting i do have a motorola bag phone 🤣
I don't remember where I got it, or if it is available anymore, but when I farmed I had my pickup highband radio wired up so all the voice came through my pickup stereo speakers. If a person could find that module you could run all your voice through the stereo speakers. Mine would cancel out the music and when the Transmisson was done the music would start again.
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