walkie talkies

[HARRYC]

hi there , the brotherinlaw has said that we can borrow walkie talkies from him for next years trip .....he got a joblot of cheap binatone yellow things that argos sells awhile back and i mentioned that alot of peole take them to disney and the likes to keep in touch ...

the question i have and please dont laugh is will they work in america ....the reason i say this is that im sure i read somewhere that walkie talkies and the likes in america operate on a different frequency range ...

any info appreciated i wouldnt want to take them across with us only to discover we are knackering the local police radio system..calling all cars caling all cars ...


cheers the noo

harryc

 

[Aceman88888]

hi there , the brotherinlaw has said that we can borrow walkie talkies from him for next years trip .....he got a joblot of cheap binatone yellow things that argos sells awhile back and i mentioned that alot of peole take them to disney and the likes to keep in touch ...

the question i have and please dont laugh is will they work in america ....the reason i say this is that im sure i read somewhere that walkie talkies and the likes in america operate on a different frequency range ...

any info appreciated i wouldnt want to take them across with us only to discover we are knackering the local police radio system..calling all cars caling all cars ...


cheers the noo

harryc

I had some cheap Binatone ones over there a couple of years ago and they work fine. For this year Ive got a really dinky set of Motorola ones from Ebuyer for less than £20 with a 5km range!

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=87493

 

[LeCras]

This was discussed recently in this thread. There is some info there regarding frequencies used etc. In short you are not really allowed to use UK frequency walkie talkies outside of Europe. If you choose to do so you will be "visiting" the amateur radio frequency over there.

Hope that helps,

Charlotte

 

[HARRYC]

hi all thanks for the info , me thinks the brotherinlaws offer of the walkies will be be declined ....

cause id be the one in million who gets nabbed by the sheriff

cheers the noo

harryc

 

[arieliwish]

harryc, I read somewhere on here that walkie talkies are cheap over there, places like walmart stock them.

One draw back is that quite a few US visitors use them, so depending on when you visit, the airwaves may be a little congested. Likewise, we can't use their frequencies in the UK.

 

[Netty]

Harry, buy some over there in walmart they are so cheap, we bought some a couple of years ago and wished we'd bought them years ago! we use them in the parks and in walmart when we all go off in different directions.
I'm sure ours were something like 12 dollars .
if you buy more expensive ones with more channels on then then you are less likely to be stuck on the same channel as evryone else in wdw

 

[disneyholic family]

on this trip (and last summer as well) we've seen a lot of people using Nextel push to talk, but i haven't noticed as many people with walkie talkies....but i'm probably not paying attention...

but i'm sure it would be useful to keep in contact if you plan on splitting up....we tend to stay together so it's not an issue...and we both carry mobiles which we can use on the off chance we get seperated....

 

[rosiejo]

We're travelling as a group of nine this year - 2 families - so we won't stay together all of the time even though we'll probably be in the same park - I had considered walkie talkies as we all have tri band mobiles but I'd hate tho think how much it costs to ring each other on them!

Maybe I'll check some out in Walmart on day one :0)

 

[Freaky]

Have a look HERE

I think this a small selection of what you will find in-store.

I got a US set that were classified as "GMRS" up to 7 mile range about 3 years ago. They have 22 channels (x 38 sidechannels/privacy codes). There are some of these channels that can be high powered to give you the 7 miles but officially you need a GMRS licence to operate them.

I'll let you guys decide for yourself if you think this is worth the risk or not to use them without the licence!!!!

 

[HARRYC]

hi there and thanks freaky for the info ..

wow a set for less than 20 dollars and i take it simple /cheap ones like this wont need a licence cause they are similar to the cheap ones you get in this country ....

def will give it consideration

cheers again

harry

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[Netty]

harry, no licence needed. have a look on the walmart website for the cost of walkie talkies, they are a good buy!