Icom Radios
Submitted: Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 00:09
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warfer69
After looking at a few manufactures ive decided to go with the Icom's. Handheld IC-41S and the IC-400pro... Now the question is am i better off buying two handhelds or one of each.. I am getting conflicting
views
How would you guys go about it, your
views would be appreciated.
Cheers
Reply By: warfer69 - Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 11:31
Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 11:31
Thanks Guys
My girlfriend goes off for long walks while away...(always comes back-dang)
At
easter she had a bleep hassle her,she told him to f-off,but he come back and
forth and stopped car about 10 metres away from her etc,she was going to run to a
campsite but he finally drove off.....
I told her i would pick her up in an hour and a half,when i got their she was startled and told the story ,i said did you get his rego and of course no..There were a few red cars about so the chances of nailing the right prick were slim.....
So hence the radio's-one for her-one for me !
You know you always worry about being safe in the city --
well idiots like to go to the bush too i suppose !
cheers
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 17:26
Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 17:26
Depending upon the geology/hills of the land you're in (
Vic High Country is very bad) you may only get as little a 500m or 1km from a UHF CB handheld radio. _Never_ consider UHF CB to have any safety capability.
Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: Robin - Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 19:17
Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 19:17
This shows you how times change - up the road from there at the stonehouse a day before New Years eve once someone drove by and put a bullet thru one of the car doors (shotgun actually) - after some initial checks we slung the 243 over our shoulder and jumped on the bikes and went for a look see towards Jamieson - theres a CB repeater up there on Mt Terrible - and someone called the police and they came up from Jamieson , they stopped in front of us ,noting the obvious that we were carrying guns - and we quickly explained a shotgun was used - so they kept cruising up while we checked out the 4wd tracks.
Robin Miller
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Follow Up By: Black Shoe - Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 19:29
Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 19:29
I agree with Mike, a brick will do far more damage and consider a "how to kick the goolies" course, a brick and a good kick in the nuts will do far more damage than a handheld.
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Follow Up By: warfer69 - Friday, Apr 20, 2007 at 13:13
Friday, Apr 20, 2007 at 13:13
Hi Blacky
My daughter has played number1 -section1 tennis since she was about 12,now 14,started when about 7-1/2 (not bad considering the age group-her opponants age up to 17 years and 11 months old) I started her in win chung-kung fu about 2-1/2 years ago..does about 4 hours training a week with all the tennis) went to fake hit her the other day and she blocked naturally and felt like she nearly broke my wrist) put my tail between my legs and walked away without showing any pain... You know the tough old dad- I tell ya it hurt for bloody ages..... Nothing wrong with her mind you..
Might hav the missus go with her from now on because most the time an idiot is not going to expect a women to smash them really !
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Reply By: Jeeps - Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 13:31
Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 13:31
I have several Icom 400pros and an Icom Ic-40s which i find to be excellent radios.
I have 2x 400pro's in the Jeep and also carry the 40s handheld on trips. The reason i have 2 in-car units? I have access to private channels (non-cb band) but often out the back of nowhere i will have one on a cb channel chatting to mates and the other scanning around or on ch 40.
My preference for this discussion would be:
1) 2x handhelds if you intend on using them both while on foot.
2) 1x in-car at base
camp and 1x handheld for you gf for her walks as that would give better range than 2x handhelds alone.
cheers
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Reply By: Strahan - Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 14:03
Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 at 14:03
I have 3 Icoms for amateur use.
I would go with 1 handheld and one mounted in the car.
The cross modulation mentioned is strong signals overwhelming the "front end' of the h/h. Basically it can't seperate signals
well enough. The result is loud noise overriding what you want to hear.
The vehicle mounted unit will be much better at reducing this interferance.
You can also put a much more effecient antenna on it to make life even better.
I use a H/H in the wifes car with an external antenna and find it a bit annoying having the antenna lead hanging off the top of it. Also plugging in an external antenna lead has a lot more leverage so beware that it does not break off the connector!
No battery problems either with a vehicle mounted unit.
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Follow Up By: warfer69 - Friday, Apr 20, 2007 at 13:03
Friday, Apr 20, 2007 at 13:03
Thanks Strachan for your time to explain !
cheers
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 11:37
Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 11:37
warfer69
Your choice of radio brand is a good one, GME would on the same level, your transmission will be clear and readable 100% , I also read in the replies where someone mentioned range, I came across traffic controllers Just North of
New Norcia WA , they were using Handhelds, one was a Uniden, 60% unreadable, the other radio could be heard 100% about 9klm down the road.
Doug
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