Walkie Talkies.

Scarecrow · July 6th, 2007, 10:59

One improvement they did make with the firmware was remote polling, so at least you could force a station that was unattended to give its locstat. Prior to that it was up to the user to poll his or her location manually. Of course thats only as useful as the radio range and reception. We bought them as a team back a couple years ago and Morb and I were trying to run a CNC with them and at a certain point we just look at one another and put the damn things in our packs and went back to radios and landmark locstats. After that experience we never went back to them again and instead relied on pre-gridded and coded opmaps and calling RTOs for squad locations. Worked way better.

What is my dream? A dedicated GPS unit with a kickass radio and pollable and timed datastream slaved to a PC receiver showing Google Earth or Garmin Topo Canada and software that stickpins and tracks every registered unit. Datastream updates every 5 seconds. Now THAT would kick ass in a CNC.

Jayhad · July 6th, 2007, 12:14

I know this is a little thread jacking but I use the Garmin 60CX, I hook it up via usb to my HTC P4000 mobile windows phone that has Garmin Topo Canada in flash memory, works super cool sometimes i don't even pull my gps i just use the PDA screen. (due to memory size I can only run one canadian region at a time on my PDA)

Ibby · July 6th, 2007, 12:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scarecrow

What is my dream? A dedicated GPS unit with a kickass radio and pollable and timed datastream slaved to a PC receiver showing Google Earth or Garmin Topo Canada and software that stickpins and tracks every registered unit. Datastream updates every 5 seconds. Now THAT would kick ass in a CNC.

Sexy but expensive. The same way I like my women...

Ronan · July 6th, 2007, 13:04

I use a fire camp + a rug

thePiRaTE!! · July 6th, 2007, 14:10

Hey scarecrow, double check the stats on the 530 and see if to you it appears to pose a significant change in possibility, at least as a radio. The 530 has 5 watts GMRS vs 1 watt on the 120, at least on the US model, which is where I'm currently sourcing mine.

I have a Garmin Etrex Summit my g/f's uncle didn't want and didn't have much luck in the trees with it myself, but again, its got a lot less in the knackers dept vs the 530...

Like you say, seems a bit too good to be true, but perhaps this version is a little closer to useful?

EDIT: Linkage - https://buy.garmin.com/shop/compare....areProduct=283

thx.

TokyoSeven · July 6th, 2007, 21:16

I have a couple of radios I use.
-A motorola cls 1413 more comonly known as the 1410 I guess, just that mine says 1413 on it.
-A motorola talkabout T5000
And a 3rd non motorola radio that starts with an A I can remeber the name at this point and Im not at home so I cant go look, it will come to me eventually.

I originally owned the moto T5000s for camping and what not and when I bought a throat mic that had dual prongs for a jack in I had to invest in another radio the CLS 1410 and unfortunetly found out that the jack in was about 2mm to short but decided to keep them anyways. Eventually I found a third brand of radio that fit my jack heads just fine and have stuck with it.

Ive never had battery problem with any of them, and the great thing about the T5000 and the one I cant remeber the name of is that there are battery packs that come in them, and when they run out you can swap them out to charge and replace them with tripple A's instead!

Flatlander · July 15th, 2007, 13:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scarecrow

Half the time we can't get a signal with the Rinos because the radio part sucks so much - even after the GMRS firmware upgrade that supposedly unlocks 2 watts.

Do you have a source for this? I just got my RINO 120 and was looking through the updates on their website and it makes no mention of unlocking 2 watts.

A couple guys on my team run with RINOs and frogman headsets and swear by them. Now just about all of us are getting the same set-up so we'll see...

The sending/polling GPS positioning of my teammates is what I'm looking forward to.

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July 6th, 2007, 10:59	#46
Scarecrow A Total Bastard Trader rating Join Date: May 2003 Location: Tottenham	One improvement they did make with the firmware was remote polling, so at least you could force a station that was unattended to give its locstat. Prior to that it was up to the user to poll his or her location manually. Of course thats only as useful as the radio range and reception. We bought them as a team back a couple years ago and Morb and I were trying to run a CNC with them and at a certain point we just look at one another and put the damn things in our packs and went back to radios and landmark locstats. After that experience we never went back to them again and instead relied on pre-gridded and coded opmaps and calling RTOs for squad locations. Worked way better. What is my dream? A dedicated GPS unit with a kickass radio and pollable and timed datastream slaved to a PC receiver showing Google Earth or Garmin Topo Canada and software that stickpins and tracks every registered unit. Datastream updates every 5 seconds. Now THAT would kick ass in a CNC. __________________ LIKE us on Facebook!!

July 6th, 2007, 14:10	#50
thePiRaTE!! Trader rating Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Calgary	Hey scarecrow, double check the stats on the 530 and see if to you it appears to pose a significant change in possibility, at least as a radio. The 530 has 5 watts GMRS vs 1 watt on the 120, at least on the US model, which is where I'm currently sourcing mine. I have a Garmin Etrex Summit my g/f's uncle didn't want and didn't have much luck in the trees with it myself, but again, its got a lot less in the knackers dept vs the 530... Like you say, seems a bit too good to be true, but perhaps this version is a little closer to useful? EDIT: Linkage - https://buy.garmin.com/shop/compare....areProduct=283 thx. __________________ Last edited by thePiRaTE!!; July 6th, 2007 at 14:26..

July 6th, 2007, 21:16	#51
TokyoSeven Red Wine & Adderall Trader rating Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Saskatoon, SK	I have a couple of radios I use. -A motorola cls 1413 more comonly known as the 1410 I guess, just that mine says 1413 on it. -A motorola talkabout T5000 And a 3rd non motorola radio that starts with an A I can remeber the name at this point and Im not at home so I cant go look, it will come to me eventually. I originally owned the moto T5000s for camping and what not and when I bought a throat mic that had dual prongs for a jack in I had to invest in another radio the CLS 1410 and unfortunetly found out that the jack in was about 2mm to short but decided to keep them anyways. Eventually I found a third brand of radio that fit my jack heads just fine and have stuck with it. Ive never had battery problem with any of them, and the great thing about the T5000 and the one I cant remeber the name of is that there are battery packs that come in them, and when they run out you can swap them out to charge and replace them with tripple A's instead! __________________ "Its only a little bit on fire"

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