ElectroPulse
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Hello, all!
My brother and I play airsoft, and I am looking into the idea of trying to get a couple of full duplex (that means you can talk and hear at the same time, correct?) walkie talkies/radios (not sure what to proper term is).
Also, what I am imagining for this sort of this is one person sending on, say, channel one, while they listen on channel two. The other person listens on channel one, and talks on channel two. Is this how this works? (I am not, by any stretch, knowledgable about walkie talkies/radios). Now, I realize that this would only work for two people, but that is what it is intended for. Also, I am guessing that the frequencies can be changed independently?
Anyway, I am wondering if you have any suggestions.
What we would like:
1. Price: ~$50 per unit (could go a little higher if necessary)
2. Decent sound quality
3. Decent range (while playing airsoft, we wouldn't need very much range, but for other uses it would be nice)
4. PTT capabilities (would like to have a button somewhere on my loadout, while my radio is safely tucked inside a protective pouch) - (Also, how do these work? Are there any kinds that actually start transmitting when you hit the button? Or do the radios listen for sound, and when you push the PTT button, it completes the circuit, sending sound to the radio? I've heard that there are delays with some types...)
5. Durable
6. Also, do any radios have encryption or anything? It would be nice if there was a way to make it so no one else could listen in on our comms... I'm guessing such radios would cost quite a bit, though. Also, how do Privacy Codes work?
Again, I am not knowledgable about radios and such, so feel free to impart any knowledge that you may have...
ALSO, one more quick question: From the limited contact I have had with walkie talkies in the past, it seems that they are able to communicate with one another between different bands... I am guessing that they work sorta like wifi? All using a set number of frequencies? Now, the question that come from this: The dumbed-down walkie talkies I have used in the past have channel 1, channel 2, etc... As I have been looking around, I see on the displays of a lot of these things like 94900 and stuff. Are the fancier radios able to communicate with the dumbed-down walkie talkies?
Anyway, this page seems to have the general idea of what I am looking for... no idea of quality or anything, though: http://forums.radioreference.com/amateur-radio-equipment/
Thanks!
My brother and I play airsoft, and I am looking into the idea of trying to get a couple of full duplex (that means you can talk and hear at the same time, correct?) walkie talkies/radios (not sure what to proper term is).
Also, what I am imagining for this sort of this is one person sending on, say, channel one, while they listen on channel two. The other person listens on channel one, and talks on channel two. Is this how this works? (I am not, by any stretch, knowledgable about walkie talkies/radios). Now, I realize that this would only work for two people, but that is what it is intended for. Also, I am guessing that the frequencies can be changed independently?
Anyway, I am wondering if you have any suggestions.
What we would like:
1. Price: ~$50 per unit (could go a little higher if necessary)
2. Decent sound quality
3. Decent range (while playing airsoft, we wouldn't need very much range, but for other uses it would be nice)
4. PTT capabilities (would like to have a button somewhere on my loadout, while my radio is safely tucked inside a protective pouch) - (Also, how do these work? Are there any kinds that actually start transmitting when you hit the button? Or do the radios listen for sound, and when you push the PTT button, it completes the circuit, sending sound to the radio? I've heard that there are delays with some types...)
5. Durable
6. Also, do any radios have encryption or anything? It would be nice if there was a way to make it so no one else could listen in on our comms... I'm guessing such radios would cost quite a bit, though. Also, how do Privacy Codes work?
Again, I am not knowledgable about radios and such, so feel free to impart any knowledge that you may have...
ALSO, one more quick question: From the limited contact I have had with walkie talkies in the past, it seems that they are able to communicate with one another between different bands... I am guessing that they work sorta like wifi? All using a set number of frequencies? Now, the question that come from this: The dumbed-down walkie talkies I have used in the past have channel 1, channel 2, etc... As I have been looking around, I see on the displays of a lot of these things like 94900 and stuff. Are the fancier radios able to communicate with the dumbed-down walkie talkies?
Anyway, this page seems to have the general idea of what I am looking for... no idea of quality or anything, though: http://forums.radioreference.com/amateur-radio-equipment/
Thanks!
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