I've have used low end radios most of my life and while they work in certain situations I feel the need to upgrade. I'm getting older and am beginning to hunt more with my 28 year old son and would really like to have contact thru radios. Looking for recommendation. Mostly whitetail /turkey hunt in NE but am going to WY on a cow elk trip this fall. Also don't want to break the bank.
Thanks Jeff
You can find those on sale for pretty cheap, and I've communicated with people who were 12 miles away, line-of-sight.
Check the regs wherever you hunt to make certain they are allowed.
Look into Motorola Distace plus radios
They don't sell them new anymore but you can still find them on line if you do a search
We have had great luck with them over the years
You can do hands-free voice activated with ear buds. The call tones are elk bugle, turkey gobble, coyote howl, geese honking, some other critter I forgot.
Units we use are rated like at 36 miles (line of sight). With a mountain in between users, forget about it. They work well in broken terrain, as long as its not too high in elevational differences. They contain rechargeable battery packs that are also removeable so that AA batteries could be used. However, that has not been necessary with the type of hunts we have done of late. Just be sure that if more than 2 people are hunting together that the units can talk to one another. I have experienced that twice with different make units. No way, no how could they work together.....
About 10 years back I bought a set that I gave away as the sound from them was not decipherable....
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I was able to text everywhere I went in western NE and I've spent boots-on-the-ground time in 6 different rugged WY units and the only place I couldn't send/receive a text was 83, which doesn't, as far as I know, have a single paved road touch so much as one of the unit's boundaries. (AT&T)
I have a nice pair of 2-way radios and they never make the weight cut. My kids sure do have fun playing with them though.
