2 Way Radios

[Andrew]

Keep thinking about 2 ways radios to relieve the tedium and stop people meeting on the narrow lanes. Whats the best one to go for? Digital 2 way rather than CB? Will they all talk to each other or do all the makes have their own channels? Do handhelds work OK in tractors or do you need proper vehicle radios?

 

[Sandy]

Same dilemma at the moment I’ve hired some hand held 2 way radios but inside a cab with no external aerial there poor, proper mounted ones would be really good but expensive to buy.

 

[yellow belly]

we use cb radios £80 a set
no liscence needed

 

[Hesston4860s]

I started out with Motorola GP300 handhelds on uhf, they where good for about 2-3 Miles in the cab and 4-5 outside. After a couple of years I moved onto Motorola GM350 fixed mobiles, again on uhf and they will do 8-10 Miles sometimes more on a good day.
All of mine talk radio too radio but can be setup to run though a base station if you wanted.
Got all mine off eBay !.

 

[8100]

CB maybe better as you wont loose them or forget to charge them

 

[Bob lincs]

Try Paul Brown at ATC Communications in Wimblington nr March . Paul has been looking after our 2ways for years and really knows his stuff .

 

[Grouse]

2 way Motorola radios for us - hate cb’s you get every wanna be dick head butting in - the 2 ways have sub channels so very rarely get disturbed

 

[roscoe erf]

Got pmr two ways here work fine 3-5 mile range

 

[Power Harrow Pilot]

https://www.radiotrader.co.uk/. Bought some secondhand off these guys last year £50 set including aerial. Work fantastic, not sure on range but ok to 5 mls so far!! Far better than mobile phones.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

we have cbs, can get 10 mile easy sometimes further on a good day, just redone the 1 in forklift with this set up https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CB-RADIO...954976?hash=item238c22eee0:g:~q0AAOxyCepSb98H but also have a pair of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/U-Motoro...504112&hash=item1a29ac4902:g:MMgAAOSwUp1Y44rE for when we use car or landrover to escort wide vehicles as cars and landy don't have cb

 

[Brisel]

I started out with Motorola GP300 handhelds on uhf, they where good for about 2-3 Miles in the cab and 4-5 outside. After a couple of years I moved onto Motorola GM350 fixed mobiles, again on uhf and they will do 8-10 Miles sometimes more on a good day.
All of mine talk radio too radio but can be setup to run though a base station if you wanted.
Got all mine off eBay !.

What sort of money were you paying for the GM350s if you don't mind me asking? Have you got a Simplex channel set up?

Paid good money for mine new! Same models with a base station. The Ofcom licence is £110/year for fixed private channels but a new base station on a telegraph pole was nearly £5k fitted by professionals. If we didn't have so many radios we'd start again with digital..

CB is probably the best value for money and the most common.

 

[Hesston4860s]

What sort of money were you paying for the GM350s if you don't mind me asking? Have you got a Simplex channel set up?

Paid good money for mine new! Same models with a base station. The Ofcom licence is £110/year for fixed private channels but a new base station on a telegraph pole was nearly £5k fitted by professionals. If we didn't have so many radios we'd start again with digital..

CB is probably the best value for money and the most common.

The most I paid for one was about £100, usually picking them up for about £50-60 they all have the screen as well. New Ariels of eBay about £15, think I’ve about 7 sets now and yes runs on simplex setup. I don’t run though a base setup as only use them for harvest, but there bloody handy !. I got them for ease of use, ie they are always on just grab the mic and talk no fiddling with a phone finding the number and waiting for someone to answer.
And they are legal to use on the road

 

[marshboy]

ATC communications Has anybody got a contact no for atc near March

 

[Bob lincs]

ATC communications Has anybody got a contact no for atc near March

‭01354 740441‬

 

[Brisel]

Are Roadphone at Bourne still going?

 

[Hesston4860s]

Are Roadphone at Bourne still going?

Appears so http://www.roadphone.co.uk/

 

[Superted820]

Get hold of the guys at the knight cb centre. I think they’re in lincs. Not a rip off and good kit. Google them they have a good site.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Get hold of the guys at the knight cb centre. I think they’re in lincs. Not a rip off and good kit. Google them they have a good site.

Kcb.co.uk

 

[PSQ]

The Ofcom licence is £110/year for fixed private channels

The Ofcom 'Simple UK'* license is only £75 for 5 years, so £15 per year. It only has a small number of frequencies so channels aren't strictly private, BUT most modern radios have a programmable 'tone coded' squelch function which stops incoming messages from anyone else using the same frequency. Also, Ofcom released new UHF frequencies in the spring which very few operators will be using, so if setting up a new system it would be wise to use these frequencies. There is the whole UHF versus VHF argument, horses for courses.

*dont get confused with the other 'Simple Site' license, which is less suited to ag.

 

[Superted820]

Kcb.co.uk

That’s the boys!