2 way Radio for farm use
- Thread starter jon9000
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Hand held a pita, they're never where you want them, or flat! Hard wired into the cabs they're pretty good though, even 25yrs ago (student days)
We still run CB's, mostly because our casual tractor men also have them, so at taty time etc everyone can communicate. Simple cheap & easy but no good for any distance
- Location
- northumberland
Have a pair of Motorola hand held for escorting vehicles when lead vehicle doesn't have a cb, other than that cbs in everything else
We use a mix of hand held and vehicle mounted licensed radios. They’re all programmed to a ‘public’ range of frequencies but use ‘digital tone coding’ which means we can only hear messages from our own radios, and we don’t have to suffer the infernal yammering of strangers.
They’re a great help with coordinating a days work, and invaluable when working with young or new staff, as I tell them I’d rather they asked 100 daft questions than make 1 expensive mistake.
They also get a bit of banter going with the whole squad being ‘kept in the loop’, which you don’t get with phone conversations.
Find a specialist online who can sort the license for you and do the frequency programming. Brand wise there’s a lot to choose from. We use a mix of Motorola and others which are equally as good but far cheaper. £130 a set for the last 2 vehicle mounted ones 2 years ago.
They’re a great help with coordinating a days work, and invaluable when working with young or new staff, as I tell them I’d rather they asked 100 daft questions than make 1 expensive mistake.
They also get a bit of banter going with the whole squad being ‘kept in the loop’, which you don’t get with phone conversations.
Find a specialist online who can sort the license for you and do the frequency programming. Brand wise there’s a lot to choose from. We use a mix of Motorola and others which are equally as good but far cheaper. £130 a set for the last 2 vehicle mounted ones 2 years ago.
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Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Nobody else using Midland CB app? CB talk.
Can get a bluetooth handpiece like a normal cb.
Can get a bluetooth handpiece like a normal cb.
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puntabrava
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- Location
- Wiltshire
Baofeng uv9r. £26 will do a couple of miles
Kildare
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- Location
- Kildare, Ireland
As above. Baofeng on e Bay. Great for up to 2 miles.
TripleSix
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- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
We've some licensed VHF radios, mostly fixed units in tractor cabs.
A couple of rechargeable handhelds are handy too.
They're not public channels like CB so there will be less people listening in
A couple of rechargeable handhelds are handy too.
They're not public channels like CB so there will be less people listening in
Do those need a license? Are they any good?
puntabrava
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- Location
- Wiltshire
Unsure on the license but have good battery life and sound quality for the money, supposed to be fairly dust and waterproof to ip67, whether that’s true I don’t know
I went for the xt180.Just got a couple of these to go in combine and tractor. Haven't tried them yet but thought it be worth a go for £50Motorola Talkabout T82 Extreme Licence Free Radios Twin Pack
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Really only need them for binder to trailer when escorting and in field.
Can use the phone for longer ranges.
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