I want to get my kids some walkies, but something better than a cheap toy. Every walkie I have used in the past has only been able send or receive at the one time. If you were sending audio you wouldn't hear any incoming audio. Is this still the case? Can you get real time, so you communicate similar to a phone call?
Realtime Audio WalkieTalkie?
Kaz0551 on 30/10/2022 - 10:57
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So archaic. I want all the kids friends to get walkies and not get angry when the douche kid talks over everyone =/
That was part of the life lesson as a kid with walkie talkies…
- Patience
- Wait your turn
- Communicate clearly
- Make sure your aerial is up
- Morse code
- Fresh 9v batteries
- Line of sight is a real thing
Roger that.
not get angry when the douche kid talks over everyone
Easy… set all the radios up with CTCSS/DCS. that way, they can make their own private(ish) network where the douche kid will be able to hear them, but will not be able to reply.
DCS basically sets up a "handshake to talk" on a set frequency, where if your radio doesn't send out the right permission, all the other radios will ignore it/block it.
UHF radios are also simplex, as in, they generally only work one direction at a time. You can set them up to duplex (talk on one channel and listen on another) but your own radio will often cut incoming transmissions when you use the PTT button so you dont get feedback.
If you want full duplex, just buy them a gaming console, a copy of COD MW2 and a headset so they can all act like douche bags and yell over each other. Or give them a headset and a cheap android phone and put them all in a Discord chat room.
set all the radios up with CTCSS/DCS.
My $15 walkie talkie in 1985 had no such feature. Kids these days are not entitled to such technology in my opinion. 😃
My $15 walkie talkie in 1985
Because the last comment got "nuked"… Here is an alternative that equates to about $15 each, is/was supplied by an Australian outlet, should be legal to use in Australia, do not require programming and come with the ability to set CTCSS.
Are these ok? Can I post these ones? Are these ones safe? Will these get me some "big fines"? Can I suggest these ones? Are they ok for kids? Are they legal?
If you want to allow for inflation, in 1985, $15 is now roughly equivalent $49 in 2022. $49 will get you a 2 pack of Uniden UH45 from JB HiFi and I am just hoping and praying that Uniden is a good enough name in UHF handhelds to not get my comment nuked. Maybe not, since there a few GME or nothing elitists around.
Anyway, I hope they put this much effort into shitcanning posts for mobile phones sold into Australia from overseas that enter Australia without the correct certification or RCM tick mark next time a post comes up for any of these grey market/imported mobile phones.
@pegaxs: I missed the action. How can a conversation about walkie talkies be deemed inappropriate? WTF
@Muzeeb: Probably because I mentioned [REDACTED], that you [REDACTED] from [REDACTED] and you can easily just [REDACTED] them by [REDACTED] a [REDACTED] to make them [REDACTED]. But you know, [REDACTED] gonna [REDACTED] like [REDACTED].
Walkie talkies use only one channel to both send and receive using an analog signal (No idea how it is muxed). As such only one device can use the channel at once, so you either transmit or receive or if two device transmit then garbage is received.
There may be digital radio transmitters that do what you want, but you will need to find them and they will be expensive if they exist that the general public can purchase.
Every walkie I have used in the past has only been able send or receive at the one time.
The 'receiving' function on a radio draws very little power. The 'transmit' function, however, requires a lot of power so if you had a set that is constantly transmitting, it'll drain the batteries real quick.
Just get them an iphone?, they can face time.
battery and not as cool as walkies.
Just because you think its cool, doesnt mean they will think the same.
You can drop walkies, sit on them, etc and they still work.
UHF radios are widely used in retail and hospitality - they do have some benefits over mobile phones. Seeing as the models marketed as kids will likely end up in landfill, I suggest getting low-cost second-hand. When your kids outgrow them you'll be able to resell to the grey nomad sector.
i bought my 3yo twins a pair of uh820s to go with my pair of uh850s
I bought my kids icom handhelds purely because they’re bulletproof. Though I do have a bunch of baofengs as “disposable” ones so when the kids are being rough it doesn’t matter.
In the outback, the acma can eat a fat one.
We had 2 tin cans and a 100 yards of string. It worked!
It's still the case.
Newer tech in this area is called a mobile phone.