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If you look on the back of older Motorola handhelds, you will see the term "walkie talkie"
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Talkies for kids?
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If you look on the back of older Motorola handhelds, you will see the term "walkie talkie"
I just call 'em HTs (Handy-Talkies)... :lol:
Delivers1234
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the talkies work great with the kids. i added purple sparkly tape for my daughter. we just need to work on finger strength to press the ptt.
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Please please please,,,turn off the roger beeps...
I'll second that. Those are maddening.
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We have the gmrs frs. We use them in the apartment only.
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Buying any radio for any "licensed" service, such as GMRS, and then expecting a four year old to understand and follow those rules?
Really, is that a good idea? A four year who might be singing, or breaking into conversations, or just generally being a kid with a toy? I know, the FCC doesn't hand out fines very often, but you DO know what they can be, right?
So why not get two cheap FRS radios, FRS only, no concerns about toys being used as toys, and let the kids have fun with them? Buy a pair that seem simple to use (no fancy menus to do setups) and use AA batteries (twice the power at the same price as AAA) and consider them disposable when the kids do break them. No big deal.
Really, is that a good idea? A four year who might be singing, or breaking into conversations, or just generally being a kid with a toy? I know, the FCC doesn't hand out fines very often, but you DO know what they can be, right?
So why not get two cheap FRS radios, FRS only, no concerns about toys being used as toys, and let the kids have fun with them? Buy a pair that seem simple to use (no fancy menus to do setups) and use AA batteries (twice the power at the same price as AAA) and consider them disposable when the kids do break them. No big deal.
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We are using the frs channel only.
Rred
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"We are using the frs channel only."
Right, an a 3 or 4 year old is going to remember to make Real Damn Sure never to accidentally use a different channel number? At that age, do they count above ten and understand numbers anyway?
Right, an a 3 or 4 year old is going to remember to make Real Damn Sure never to accidentally use a different channel number? At that age, do they count above ten and understand numbers anyway?
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I gave my kids a pair of HT210 portables I had in a drawer since the 80s. They were on my VHF business frequency. They used them for quite a while, and I could call them on the base or from the cars if I had to. Then they switched to GMRS with blister packed radios and I set them up with their friends on various channels around the neighborhood, then they each ended up getting their ham licenses and now use either 440 or 2 meters, depending on what they're doing or where they are. They're all adults now, but they had a very early exposure to radio.
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You sure you do not mean "Handie-Talkie" ?
Walkie Talkies were backpack radios in the military.
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Yep. I Know you know your stuff. Moto created the etymology.
The origins for both are very interesting. There is so much history to radio that is so interesting.
Sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't have tried to take up a job in this field instead of just stay hobby status.
Meh oh well, have fun!
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The problem with doing it as your job, when you get home you don't wanna play radio anymore as a hobby!
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The problem with doing it as your job, when you get home you don't wanna play radio anymore as a hobby!
I have one radio in my house. In the kitchen. 4 channels.
I agree, last thing I want to do when I get home is touch a phone or a radio.
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radios for kids
I like the idea of giving the kids a couple two-way radios, great way to get them intrested in the radio hobby. However, make sure that they don`t give out ANYTHING personal over the alr lest the neighborhood perp (child molester, and yes, every neighborhood has at least one) that you or they wouldn`t want anyone else to hear, in this day and age you can never really be sure what someone might do with what they hear on a reciever. Most of us are pretty good about not doing anything bad with anything we hear, but a kid just isn`t that learned about things radio, and he/she might let something slip, and if that were to happen, then wicked things could happen. But still, i say let the kids at least try out radio, they just might really like it, and that could translate into a new ham or GMRS licensee, which would be super for both the ham AND the GMRS services . Just some thoughts. N9NRA
I like the idea of giving the kids a couple two-way radios, great way to get them intrested in the radio hobby
. However, make sure that they don`t give out ANYTHING personal over the alr lest the neighborhood perp (child molester, and yes, every neighborhood has at least one) that you or they wouldn`t want anyone else to hear, in this day and age you can never really be sure what someone might do with what they hear on a reciever. Most of us are pretty good about not doing anything bad with anything we hear, but a kid just isn`t that learned about things radio, and he/she might let something slip, and if that were to happen, then wicked things could happen. But still, i say let the kids at least try out radio, they just might really like it, and that could translate into a new ham or GMRS licensee, which would be super for both the ham AND the GMRS services . Just some thoughts. N9NRA- Status
