TheFatController
Newbie
- Joined
- May 29, 2025
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Howdy Gadies and Lentlemen, I caught the bug and decided to dive headfirst into a complex setup. I decided to finally connect my shooting muffs to a radio and turn them from standard hearing defenders to a communications headset.
My buddies and I all have GMRS capable walkies, but their walkies are on the simpler to use side, so we're all dumbfounded by this thing. We're heading far out into the woods and camping on a mountain this time next month, so I have to get this thing running beforehand.
Specs: TCA PRC-152 GPS (2023), Peltor Comtac III Hearing Defenders, ArmorMason downlead and boom mic, TheMercenaryCompany amplified PTT (6pin), optional TCA side mounted keypad for altering settings on a stowed radio.
I'm a beginner with no knowledge whatsoever, so I'm lost on the lingo and technical aspects of this, it was very much so an impulse buy. As a clarification before anyone asks, I am licensed, and I am *not* broadcasting until I know it receives, I don't want to be sending out airwaves without being able to confirm the person on the other side hears me.
So far I've been able to pick up AM/FM just fine, as well as the local NOAA station, pretty much everything else has been static or silent. The issue is that I cannot receive through the headset, only the radio itself. Does anyone here have any experience with a more "milsim" oriented setup? We're in the dark without much in the way of info on these radios.
I'd attach pics but it says the files are too large, if I need to list the settings for anyone, I will
Any help is appreciated, thanks
Fat
My buddies and I all have GMRS capable walkies, but their walkies are on the simpler to use side, so we're all dumbfounded by this thing. We're heading far out into the woods and camping on a mountain this time next month, so I have to get this thing running beforehand.
Specs: TCA PRC-152 GPS (2023), Peltor Comtac III Hearing Defenders, ArmorMason downlead and boom mic, TheMercenaryCompany amplified PTT (6pin), optional TCA side mounted keypad for altering settings on a stowed radio.
I'm a beginner with no knowledge whatsoever, so I'm lost on the lingo and technical aspects of this, it was very much so an impulse buy. As a clarification before anyone asks, I am licensed, and I am *not* broadcasting until I know it receives, I don't want to be sending out airwaves without being able to confirm the person on the other side hears me.
So far I've been able to pick up AM/FM just fine, as well as the local NOAA station, pretty much everything else has been static or silent. The issue is that I cannot receive through the headset, only the radio itself. Does anyone here have any experience with a more "milsim" oriented setup? We're in the dark without much in the way of info on these radios.
I'd attach pics but it says the files are too large, if I need to list the settings for anyone, I will
Any help is appreciated, thanks
Fat
