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+1 on the rino
Thanks guys. I have heard the rhinos are great. I went and looked and the rhino I looked at on amazon had a lot of bad reviews mostly about the battery.So if anyone has links to the better ones that would be great.I am not expecting to much from it. Terrain is blended with some steep hills and canyons. 1 to 2 miles would be nice but I get that it depends a lot with where you are at.
Quote from: carpsniperg2 on May 08, 2021, 12:50:02 AMThanks guys. I have heard the rhinos are great. I went and looked and the rhino I looked at on amazon had a lot of bad reviews mostly about the battery.So if anyone has links to the better ones that would be great.I am not expecting to much from it. Terrain is blended with some steep hills and canyons. 1 to 2 miles would be nice but I get that it depends a lot with where you are at.You’re not gonna have problems with the batteries on the rhino’s unless you’re on the radio constantly all day. They also sell extra lithium ion and double A battery packs if your worried. I’ve had my rhino for 5 years and never ran out of battery.
I've often wondered if everyone had a garmin inreach, and texted one another, if that would work good enough?Might be too slow on the send/recieve texts though.
Ya mine lags too, I just wondered if anyone sent messages to another inReach - if the lag was compounded (30 min send + 30 min recieve)I've never heard of InReach to InReach coms.
ICOM VHF
Great for ham radio to public non licensed FRS frequencies in the VHF band anymore. FRS is all in the UHF range.
One other thing to consider. All of the different consumer grade radios may have the same channels but the filtering components of the different manufacturers are not necessarily compatible. You can talk to a Motorola radio with a say Midland radio at close range. But at longer distances, not so much. As long as everyone in your group is using the same brand, distances are much better. If you have a different manufacturer radio than your buddies, you will be limited on the range you can talk to them.