Hunting Two Way Radio

Motorola makes several types. Just don't buy the cheapest because their effective range is not that great. Make sure you get the type that has encrypted channels. They can still be used with someone else's, but it helps if you don't want the whole county listening in.(You can turn off the encryption if someone brings another brand of radio along.) Also, if you are hunting in a hilly or mountainous area be sure you get the type that can use repeaters because most VHF radios are line of sight only. Meaning that if there is something in the way you won't be able to communicate. Go ahead and spring for the headset and either throat mikes or booms. Nothing can mess up your hunt like another hunter who's gotten bored and decided to crackle your handset in the middle of a hunt.

2007-11-30 12:27:47 by kenneth_watts79

Here are some tips from Motorola for using two way radios while hunting.

I'm looking for a set of walkie talkies for my husband as a gift. He will use them for hunting and wants a set that doesn't make that 'beep' noise every time you talk.

Does anyone know of any?

Most radios are designed where you can turn off the "beep". Most people just take them out of the package and turn them on. The beep tone is on by default.

An answwer said something about 7 miles or such. Forget it. Best ranges you are going to get is abouit a mile or two, regardless of brand.


Also... two way radios may be illegal for hunting in some states. Check laws.
Make sure you read the manual and get a license for your radios.

2008-09-01 23:37:06 by MountainChick

Price: $99.99

387 Privacy Codes
50-Channel Mossy Oak Break Out Camo with Up to 36-Mile Range
9 Levels of VOX for Hands Free Operation
Vibrate Alert
NOAA/All Hazard Weather Channels with Alert and Weather Scan

My family and I use GMRS/FRS (walkie talkie) two way radios when we hunt, but there is a mountain that separates us sometimes. I have read about GMRS repeaters but this is all confusing me. I need a straight forward explaination as well as a list of prettymuch all that I need to set up a mobile repeater in my car to use while hunting. Thank you in advance for all your help.

Bear in mind, you need a license to use GMRS. If you are discovered operating on a repeater by the owner, you could be in serious trouble.

My source list has the perfect site to answer all your questions about GMRS.

2008-03-09 14:00:42 by Malicious Intent

Price: $89.99 Too low to display

Up to 35 mile range
2 radios, 1 dual drop-in charger, 1 charging adapter and 2 NiMH battery packs, 2 earbuds with PTT microphone, MR356R Value Pack includes: 2 earpieces with boom microphones, 1 mini-USB car charger, and 2 belt clips
22 channels + 8 repeater channels, each with 121 privacy codes for 2662 combinations
5 regular and 5 animal call tones
Quiet Talk interruption feature

Your two way radio transmissions all begin with "Breaker, Breaker"
* You have ever been dispatched to a working "cow" fire
* You ever put out a cow chip fire
* Your PASS alarm goes "Yeee Haw"
* You dispatch center ever said "Y'all can't miss it"
* You used your rescue air bags as furniture at the fire station
* You refill your air bottles at the local gas station "Free Air" hose
* Your department has a Rescue Bubba and a Rescue Cow for training
* You only wash down the floor in the station to "keep the dust down"
* Your radio call signal is "Wheee doggies"
* You have to mark the department out of service two weeks during deer season and every Sunday during the Winston Cup Race
* You bought a computer so you could get NASCAR Online on the Internet
* You count reading fire magazines in the bathroom as training hours
* Your last four fire department raffles were for a shotgun...and a member won it each time.
* You borrowed the department's quick dump tank so you could have a neighborhood pool party
* Your safety officer is the person who broke his arm at the last house fire
* Your rehab consists of a cold beer and a pack of "nabs"
* Your last serious fire was your fire department BBQ
* You used your "good" fire house as a bumper on your boat dock
* You have a shotgun rack in the back of your fire truck....and got two bucks on your last call
* Your Hurst tool is on loan to the local body shop
* You use a hanging noose knot for all your rescue operations because it's real adjustable
* You don't allow a person to join the department unless they own a pickup
* You wore a hole in your fire boots....while wearing them at your full time job
* You keep 2 packs of "Red Man" in your turnout gear for "emergencies"
* Your departments brush truck doubles as your hunting truck
* You voted against the last person for chief because he was a Jeff Gordon fan
* You painted your new rescue truck to look like Earnhardt's race car
* You borrowed the fire truck to use the spotlights for deer hunting
* The directions to your last house fire was "Go down past the last house you burnt up"....and you know exactly which house they are talking about
* You ever went diving in a swimming pool with your SCBA equipment.....just to see how it would work
* You must take the battery out of your tractor to put in the fire truck before you go on calls
* Your preacher borrows your PASS alarms each Sunday for church to keep the congregation awake
* You consider "2 in and 2 out" to be two guys in the cab and two on the tailboard of the truck
* The last girl you kissed was named Rescue-Annie and you enjoyed it so much you are thinking seriously about asking her out
* Your department has ever had two emergency vehicles pulled over for drag racing while going to a scene
* You have naked lady mud-flaps on your pumper
* Your firehouse has wheels
* You've ever got back and found you've locked yourself out of the firehouse
* Fire training consists of everyone standing around a fire get'n drunk
* You've ever been toned out on an out house fire also if that out house fire was with entrapment
* You've ever let a person's house burn down because they wouldn't let you hunt there ground
* Your personal vehicle has more lights on it than your house has lights in it
* You've ever walked through a Christmas display and walked away with at least 3 new ideas for a light scheme for your truck
* Your rescue truck can smoke the tires
* Your department's name is misspelled on your equipment
* The nurses and doctors turn out the lights and hide when you show up at the hospital to get your equipment
* Dispatch can't mention your name without laughing
* The local news crew won't put your department on T.V. because you embarrassed them last time.
* You've ever locked the keys in your trucks
* You've ever referred to a light bar as sexy
* Your defibrillator consists of a marine battery, a pair of jumper cables, and a fish finder
* You've ever taken a girl out in a pumper
* Your pumper has been on fire more times than it's been to a fire
* Your pumper smokes more than the house fire
* You've ever been arrested for indecent exposure at a house fire
* You've ever called it quits on a house fire when the beer got hot
* You've ever been late to a house fire because you had to stop and get the guy who fell off the truck
* You've ever stopped in route to pick up a road kill
* You hand out spit cans before each meeting
* You have a sign out front of your station that says will fight fires for beer
* Your equipment has chew stains down the sides of 'em
* Everyone on your department is related in some way or another
* Your annual vacation plans depend on where the state EMS conference is held.
* You have as many ambulances in town as you do EMTs.
* You thought your first ambulance " run " would be a 5K.
* You think that the ABCs stand for " Always Being on Call. "
* When you are unsure of which pager went off and what y

Too many scenarios, but they were funny. Should Larry The Cable Guy suddenly decide to become a "blue-collar Fireman"? That would be hilarious.

2009-09-09 08:36:31 by Cowboy

I was riding in a taxicab this morning and there was a female dispatcher on the two-way radio. She was dispatching the cabs to various addresses and the usual dispatch chatter was going on. Suddenly, the dispatcher asked?... Michael Hunt, are you out there... Mike? Do you read me?... Mike Hunt, Mike Hunt... Come in, ... Come In... Come in Mike Hunt. I don't know why this seem so funny to me- it's just a persons name.

I couldn't stop laughing. I think something shot out of my nose!



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