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Decent comms without costing a fortune?
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shadowfacex
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@concretesnail I run a Earmor adapter from headset to Z-TAC PTT, which plugs directly to the radio. If i use any other headset (like another from Z-TAC) the receiving volume is fine.
Just to note, it's not a technical fault with the M32 headset, because I have two of them and tried swapping elements on both back and forth to no avail. They work exactly the same way.
Just to note, it's not a technical fault with the M32 headset, because I have two of them and tried swapping elements on both back and forth to no avail. They work exactly the same way.
concretesnail
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It could be that the ptt output is mono and the adapter is stereo. The mismatch means very low volume. I had it when I connected my sporttacs to a baofeng fist mic using a stereo cable connection. Once I changed it to a mono cable connection all was resolved.
shadowfacex
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@concretesnail Thanks, I’ll have a look at alternative PTT without an adapter, but it may be hard since a single-point plug accessories for Motorola are hard to come by.
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You can get amped ptts to combat this issue, however they are generally not cheap and often for the dual pin boafeng/kenwood plugs. Disco 32 do a range and would imagine JCI comms does something too.
One of the nice things about the baofeng is that it's easier/possible to get a wider variety of accessories.
One of the nice things about the baofeng is that it's easier/possible to get a wider variety of accessories.
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There's a wide range of basic small PMR units that can be had for cheap, most are easy to program and should be perfectly usable unless you're skirmishing over several kilometres or in very hilly terrain. Just make sure everyone's on the same frequency etc...
Other than @Ebeneezer Goode popping in with a good old ‘keep it simple’ with PMR, most have gone straight in with the pros&cons of licenced systems
Nobody has asked what @Halointends to do with a radio.
Is it for general airsoft use, talking to anyone on the same side ?
Is it for talking to only a team group?
Is it within a reasonable range in the woods, indoors, an urban area?
The best answer for general use is standard PMR, any model, by any manufacturer. Just UK compliant, on PMR frequencies and within the power range with a fixed aerial.
The common answer is a fully programmable radio, usually Baofeng, supposed to be operated with a licence and programmed to PMR frequencies illegally operating over authorised power levels
A good point is that most posters have pointed out the need for a licence if doing so.
Ive used many, sometimes licenced, mostly standard PMR.
The ‘best’ handset I have used which gave me great value for money with the ability to monitor comms across multiple ‘channels’ was a cheap and nasty Tesco PMR handset operating on the original 8 analogue PMR frequencies without the sub and did not ‘support’ the sub frequencies. But due to that lack of support I could set it to the basic home frequencies and listen to every sub frequency.
eg I was tuned to 1.00 and could only transmit on 1.00, but I could hear 1.01, 1.02, etc
Then with the aid of a fully featured PMR I could talk back to anyone
Wheh running a game I would carry a minimum of 2, most likely 3 handsets
1) Tescos cheapie - monitoring
2) Full PMR - transmit/receive
3) PMR or licenced handset - event running
Ive had a few handsets due over the years, the Tesco ones still worked the last time I tried, I assume they won’t manage to pickup my 16 channel digital PMRs - but Ive never tried
Nobody has asked what @Halointends to do with a radio.
Is it for general airsoft use, talking to anyone on the same side ?
Is it for talking to only a team group?
Is it within a reasonable range in the woods, indoors, an urban area?
The best answer for general use is standard PMR, any model, by any manufacturer. Just UK compliant, on PMR frequencies and within the power range with a fixed aerial.
The common answer is a fully programmable radio, usually Baofeng, supposed to be operated with a licence and programmed to PMR frequencies illegally operating over authorised power levels
A good point is that most posters have pointed out the need for a licence if doing so.
Ive used many, sometimes licenced, mostly standard PMR.
The ‘best’ handset I have used which gave me great value for money with the ability to monitor comms across multiple ‘channels’ was a cheap and nasty Tesco PMR handset operating on the original 8 analogue PMR frequencies without the sub and did not ‘support’ the sub frequencies. But due to that lack of support I could set it to the basic home frequencies and listen to every sub frequency.
eg I was tuned to 1.00 and could only transmit on 1.00, but I could hear 1.01, 1.02, etc
Then with the aid of a fully featured PMR I could talk back to anyone
Wheh running a game I would carry a minimum of 2, most likely 3 handsets
1) Tescos cheapie - monitoring
2) Full PMR - transmit/receive
3) PMR or licenced handset - event running
Ive had a few handsets due over the years, the Tesco ones still worked the last time I tried, I assume they won’t manage to pickup my 16 channel digital PMRs - but Ive never tried
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following this topic, as i am also considering getting a radio.
what team were you on?
oh, the memories. that was probably as close to a monsoon as you are likely to get in the UK. that saturday afternoon was absolutely lethal.
what team were you on?
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Yeah, there were more than a few issues that came from that rain. My radio is giving up, one guy's mosfet in his AK was totally busted and another guy's gun was completely dead after day 1. All of us lot from the Worthing site are always green team, been like that for over a decade now. I don't have any CQB guns though, so I spent the entire event holding angles outside and wishing they allowed bolt actions with how long some of the shots I was taking were with my m21 (which is set to 1.1J, because 1.48J for DMRs wasn't worth it in my opinion).
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