So, I have two walkies at my house in Tahoe but how would we all be on the same freq with different brand walkies?

Chris? care to chime in with that Electronics Tech expertise?

 

You set them to the same channel and sub channel. We typically set them before heading out.

 

Guess Ill have to bring mine and see.

 

Is that the trinity pass. I was looking at that route one day trying to find some sick road near were I live.

 

That's a good idea too bring walkies. Ill be goingto my local sporting goods store pick up myself a pair.

 

Trinity rd is a sweet rd. We jst did that not too long ago.

 

Just get moterola

 

All walkies use the FRS frequency band. It's the only band the FCC allows (excluding CB and Ham which are AM-based; FRS is FM-based), so it really doesn't matter which brand you get. If anything, look for one that has the maximum legally allowed power of a whopping half-watt lol.

Channels 1 through 7 on FRS actually share the same frequencies that GMRS uses. GMRS is essentially the same as FRS, but the maximum allowed power is 5 watts. Unfortunately, you need a license to use GMRS. With that said, i'm going to look online to see if there are specific walkies that we can take apart and tweak the output beyond the allowed .5 watt.

 

Anybody feel like putting cb radios in your car?

 

I used to have a CB in my Jeep. It was incredibly useful not just on wheeling trips but on the highway as well. Use it to talk to and help out the truckers and youll find yourself in a position to be helped by them.

I had a Cobra (just a cheap one) but a buddy of mine in VA tweaked it and I had about 50 watts of output. He had a radio he brought back from Japan that pushed something ridiculous like 500 watts. Thats like having a Ham radio in your car lol


Ill look into putting one in my WRX, but I might just get a handheld CB instead.

 

Yeah since I signed up to help out at the Mendocino Rally I've learned that they usually use HAM to communicate at those events, but you need a license to broadcast with a HAM radio.

I'll be getting a HAM radio to listen to what's going on, and report to a HAM operator with FRS (a walkie) who will relay my chatter to Net Control. More work for that HAM operator as he'll be running his own Block, but they've done it that way before.

Has motivated me to get my first level HAM license ( I think it's called Technician ) so I can use my own HAM radio when running Blocks at a rally, and the licenses are good for 10 years.

 

So lets set the time nd place fir the drive this weekend on sunday the 14th. This is the address of the Starbucks is Starbucks2688 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, CA..... Lets meet up at 10:30 am. Make sure u guys charge ur Walkies, or go buy new ones for the drive. Lmk if the time nd place works for everyone.

 

Met up with mickaeld over at Sonoma and had a great time with his STi out there with my MR2.

To contribute to the topic I've found that CB radios are pretty finicky and heavily depend on placement on your vehicle and the type of antenna you get. In another car club I belong to we use exclusively CBs but some of the pitfalls are:

-Matching certain antennas with certain radios, they are picky
-Finding a good spot to magnet them on the car
-Not scratching the paint under the magnet
-Adjusting the controls (squelch, gain etc)
-Some CB's just won't talk to others.

All those negatives aside I think it is really helpful to have the range of the CB when going on a road tour, at least for the last guy on the tour to communicate with the front guy.

 

I agree with the cb radio being picky. If you do install, make sure you have a tunable model, and I would recommend having a shop or a competent person tune your antenna/unit.

 

yep that was awesome my friend. I am watching the videos at the moment, it's bad ***!