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I am hard on my gear so I needed radios that would hold up to punishment. I settled on the following two and have been really happy with them.
I am using two 5w GME UHF handhelds for comms to and from the vehicle.
http://www.uniden.com.au/AUSTRALIA…
In Australia we were using Vertex Standards, I believe VX-350 UHF. They were really quite expensive, more than $200AU each I think, but were excellent radios. 5 watt, so as strong as they really come, waterproof and dustproof, and very strong (in th…
Here's what I use and love the set-up. Total cost was just under $450
2 Yaesu VX-150 handheld radios. These are amateur band radios that the radio shop can "open the board" for use in the general business frequency. VERY user friendly, easily progr…
Gday Steve,
Check some of your local hardware stores for good radios. I bought a set of 2 hand held 40 channel UHF's on sale for A$99.00 (australian) they have a max 5km range (or 8mile range) and are rechargable. If they go flat you can take the ba…
Hey fellow balloonist...i'm in the market for a set of radios. Does anyone know of a decent cheap set of two-way radios for ballooning? Obviously just getting started, I don't want to break the bank on radios. Any help and direction would be much ap…
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- At 11:10am on December 1, 2009,
Mike Barnes said…
- Sir...
- At 5:08am on November 24, 2009,
Drew Egerton said…
- Steve, the radios we use are Marine VHF, 5 watt. Made by Nautico. You can usually find them for 50 bucks each online. Here in western NC we don't have anybody else on them but an occaisonal hunter. Down near Ed you might have more traffic on them from the lake though. They have like 70 channels so it might still work for you.
- At 2:18am on November 10, 2009,
Colin Graham said… - is the bread free?
- At 3:55am on April 4, 2008,
Chad Seekell said… - Steve,,,the HAJ hasnt been officially canceled YET, however, due to lack of community support and sponsorship it looks like we will have to cancel for at least this year. We will officially make the decision this next Tuesday
- At 3:26pm on April 2, 2008,
Chad Seekell said…
- Steve....how can I forget your silly ass?, how has life treated you since u left Jackson?
- At 10:30am on March 20, 2008,
Ed Ristaino said… - when did you get on the list? I have plenty of things to do this Friday and Saturday.
- At 5:42am on March 20, 2008,
National Ballooning L.T.D said… - Welcome aboard!
- At 1:28am on March 20, 2008,
Martha & Carson Lane said… - Steve ?
Shouldn't that be Steve & ????
Good to see your smiling face again.
Martha says Hi
- At 3:44pm on March 19, 2008,
Adam said…
- Hi Steve
Welcome to AM.
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