Group buy of UHF radio's

[d0p3y]

Hey,

i mentioned this to XRSIST on the cruise yesterday, how about we see about a group buy of them hand held UHF radio things? I think if we bought a box of em it would work out cheaper than buying them individually. What do you think about this idea?

Ryan

[Birty]

See, I told yous he'd come in handy. Top idea.

[Guest | hype^ |]

if its those 99$ ones from dick smith im in for sure!!!!

[d0p3y]

yea i was thinking them or perhaps even better ones, which if we bought bulk, we could get for the same price as the other ones. just depends how many people we got who want them i spose. I thought maybe we could

a) distrubute them at cruises by...

B) mailing them interstate to the state leaders to distrubute them to whoever ordered them

sound like a plan or..?

[Blitz]

Pfft stealing my group buy concept ryan you bastard!

[Birty]

Well if we're going to get a discount it'll have to be on a decent one I guess. And ones that aren't on special, walking in a store and ask em the best price they can do on X number of units. Then somewhere else. Then buy em and just ship em out. The more we get the cheaper they'll be I guess. So if we can get everyone in nationwide interested then hopefully it'll work out cheaper.

[Birty]

Originally posted by BY BY

Pfft stealing my group buy concept ryan you bastard!

Dude have you got a complex...Cause i'm starting to see a pattern developing :uh-huh:

[Jay95R33]

I hope this doesn't throw a spanner in the works about which ones to get, but James (R32_gts4-t) found a really good one on the net that has all the features of the Uniden one and more, plus it comes with a earphone and boom mic that can be used via VOX.

And the good thing is that they are on special at the moment for $69 (down from $99), that price includes the earphone/boom mic.

I'll try and find the web page so you can have a look and see what you think.

Ever way james and I are getting one this week.

It was a lonely trip on the way home, and a handheld would have been great.

J

[uLa32]

what kind of features does the radios have to have so they can be 'useful'? i checked out one the other day, the uniden uh-040xr from tandy, which was only $78 on special. i know nothing about these radios and stuff

[Jay95R33]

Found the pages.

Check them out.

This is the review page;

http://www.dansdata.com/digitalk.htm

And this is where they are on special for $69.

http://www.prestigecom.net.au

It's on the right handside in the specials thingy!!

Reading what they have there, I'm not sure now if the $69 includes the earphone/boom mic or not. Their wording is a bit wierd.

J

[Julian GTS-t]

Question,

This is all new to me, if we got these $69 hand helds, what kind of distance would they work over, some of you guys have already got some, are they worth getting ?

Cheers

Julian (I'm bloody lost again) GTS-t

[two40]

julian, a quote from the link above

"I haven't done detailed range tests with the Digitalk radios yet, but a one kilometre test, through various buildings and trees, worked fine without repeater assistance. Clear as a bell, no problem. Putting a solid hill in the way, though, dropped the range to only about 500 metres.

These little transceivers are specified as having an "up to five kilometre" range, and there's a good chance they'll actually manage that, in the absence of obstacles. In urban areas, a couple of kilometres is likely to be the outer limit, and any solid geographical features in between will massively reduce it.

In the absence of extreme terrain, five watt UHF CB transmitters can manage ranges up to 20 kilometres. If you're using a low power handheld, you'll be able to hear more powerful transmitters at quite long distances, just as I can hear the SYD01 repeater. But you won't be able to reply unless you get closer"

[XrSiSt]

I'm down for 1. I don't know much about these so I'll let you guys

decide.

[XrSiSt]

Originally posted by Jay95R33

Reading what they have there, I'm not sure now if the $69 includes the earphone/boom mic or not.  Their wording is a bit wierd.

J

Naa it doesn't, just saying it has the jacks and stuff. The charger

and headset is another $30.

[Merli]

Bah...

I wouldn't be caught dead wearing some stupid headphones like a telemarketer whilst I'm cruising...

Handheld Uniden suits me fine

Andrew. :uh-huh:

[Guest | hype^ |]

just stick with the 99$ uniban ones from tandy..

they're just a CB . we dont need it to be too fancy...

theyve got a decent range of 3km..

what more do i need?

btw whats the official cahnnel gonna be?

i was gonna suggest 33 but the R32 and R34 guy might not like that ..

if they go to 33 that is.. :lol:

[two40]

i always say 33 too but we seem to get on whatever.

we should make it our official one though as most of us are 33 owners anyway

[JiMb0]

With the $99.00 ones you can also grab a Uniden Round-The-Ear with mic setup too ..... I got one so I can use it on cruises, and still have a hand free to operate the scanner ....

[Duncan]

I'll be in for whatever everyone decides - that way I don't have to think.

Keep me posted.

[51jay]

I'm with Duncan.....I think