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Re: [ST] Bike to Bike Communication
- Subject: Re: [ST] Bike to Bike Communication
- From: brettwilson21@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:44:30 -0500
On radios - My partner Sharyn & I use Uniden 1W 40 channel handheld
UHF radios.
They are quite robust little units that use three AAA Ni-mH batteries
each that last about two days depending on how much we chat. We use
PTT via a sealed button, velcroe strapped to the left bar for index
finger or thumb use depending on how comfortable you are.
Line of sight we get up to 5 kilometers range with the radios in our
jacket pockets. Typically its about 3k's. In the hills it can be as low
as a few hundred meters. Range can be improved if you mount the
radios at a high point such as the top of your screen or on your
helmet, but we've never seen the need for that. We've just done a
1500km ride over three days and found the bike to bike capability
fine for us.
1W handheld radios give a good compromise between size, power
comsumption & transmission range, especially for use on motorcycles.
If I remember correctly, to double the transmission range you have to
quadruple your power output which will dramatically increase your power
consumption, which quickly becomes impractical for bike use. So
going from a 1W to a 2W radio will not give you much in the way of
extra transmission range, but it will suck your batteries!
So far we havent added any other devices, such as mobile phones,
MP3 etc, but when we do I'll be looking at the Baher system to manage
it all.
Hope this helps.
Brett.
Sydney.
-----Original Message-----
From: Al Garvin <agarvin@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: ST List <st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:41:34 -0800
Subject: [ST] Bike to Bike Communication
A buddy of mine and I are going to be riding back to Tennessee in
May
from California. We are looking for the best bike to bike communicator
system we can find at a reasonable cost. ($300-$400). I have ruled out
Chatterbox, had one and it was a POS. We are looking at Autocom and
Starcom. Both recommend Kenwood Freetalk FRS (1-2 mile range) or GMRS
1W or 2W for longer range. I plan to hook a XM radio and a GPS to the
unit in addition to the Bike to bike radio. I would like to hear
recommendations from real world users. What we are looking for most is
dependability. We want it to work before we leave and don't want to
have
to fine tune it on the way. I am planning on using a PTT instead of VOX
setup. We will both be riding solo so we don't need pillion capability.
I am wondering if we need 2W radios. The cost goes up from $80 for FRS
to 250-300 for 2W GMRS. I don't expect we will me much farther that a
mile apart most of the time.
Does anyone have any experience with these two systems? Or know the
best
place to buy a couple of units?
Thanks,
Al Garvin
San Martin, Ca.
2000 Sprint ST.
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