Nice one! Thanks for doing the work on this! Next up we need to try setting one vehicle up as a repeater and see how far we can go!
@rozd618 Жыл бұрын
Those radios are not 15 watt radios. Max allowed by a handheld on gmrs is 5 watts Those ones put out 2.8 watts on high power.
@juliomercedes67296 ай бұрын
lol for real . Only democrats will believe those or any handheld Gmrs is 15 watts 😅
@voyasystem6 ай бұрын
50 watt micro requires 20v to achieve the 50 watts
@TheRealRenn3 ай бұрын
Glad to see I am not the only one who gets cut up hands every time I start crawling around my rig
@NickWindham2 ай бұрын
You can use a Bluetooth ear bud for your cell phone and mute it to prevent that echo interference from the infinite audio loop. Unmute to talk on the cell phone only when you think the radios are out of range.
@joeschnell569510 ай бұрын
If your wife had stepped onto the bridge and into the open a little more, with no trees in the way, you may have gotten a little more range between handhelds. UHF frequencies are primarily line-of-sight.
@NickWindham2 ай бұрын
I was thinking this exact same thing. It would also be better to use an HT with a detachable antenna so you can use a higher gain & lower SWR whip style antenna like the Nogoya NA-771G
@JohnnyBLC10 ай бұрын
Why are all the young dudes starting to look like Ragnar Lothbrok ? Great vid, too!
@MrPoisony10 ай бұрын
The lady is holding the HT the wrong way when talking into the radio. The antenna should be vertical, not horizontal. Very important when trying to talk further distances.
@TheRealRenn3 ай бұрын
Thank you sad ham.
@MrPoisony3 ай бұрын
@@TheRealRenn I'm no ham operator :)
@DJTruth_19705 ай бұрын
Rugged Radios makes a Tacoma mounting bracket that uses the passenger seat bracket bolt and radio installs against console with no holes drilled. Also works on 4Runners They don’t recommend running power wire and antenna cable together, apparently due to possible static.
@billadolf43823 ай бұрын
Awesome collaboration..
@joecerda630 Жыл бұрын
Also I used an addafuse and didn't have to wire through the firewall.
@scottreagan26365 ай бұрын
I have GMRS, CB, and HAM radios in my FJ.
@TheRealJimmy831 Жыл бұрын
What does 5mins have to do with the use of the radio?
@MatthewMyers-gv3nh8 ай бұрын
Distance he traveled away
@joecerda630 Жыл бұрын
Have you considered using a non ground plane antenna where the old CB antenna was?
@jameshall53144 ай бұрын
Handhelds are only 5 watts
@raymacdhomhnuill8018Ай бұрын
The TIDRadio H8 handheld is 10W and is FCC type accepted for GMRS
@adambatchelder4121 Жыл бұрын
I prefer a ham radio that can work on gmrs and a good hot 11 meter radio for long range and all possible options.
@TheRealRenn3 ай бұрын
8 watt hand held ham radios will not do more than 5 watts on GMRS channels
@RFMaster6 Жыл бұрын
Watching these off road/overlanding channels discuss comms 😆 with the action music.
@offgridamy7178 ай бұрын
Ahhh flat landers
@theateranddrama1232 ай бұрын
Challenge tidradio two way radio
@Step-n-Wolf3 ай бұрын
I would have kept the CB. Can't have too many options.
@jonahfish Жыл бұрын
Aye just checking on y’all after idalia y’all good?
@SunshineStateVikings Жыл бұрын
Thanks! We are good, Idalia was not too bad of a storm for us at our location.
@jonahfish Жыл бұрын
@@SunshineStateVikings that’s good homie. Oh and waiting on some content.
@TheGeoHer5 ай бұрын
You could have put the radio under the seat as well
@Nick-gi6ymАй бұрын
You have short distance because the mike short
@reliablenewsspringfieldmo Жыл бұрын
Interesting a 15 watt handheld radio
@stahpit1971 Жыл бұрын
not sure I want 15 watts that close to my skull and eyeballs I even put a hand mic on my 8 watt baofeng
@SunshineStateVikings Жыл бұрын
🤣 such a misguided statement! Apparently our good buddy put that number into our heads on one of our last trips as he was calling them 15 watt radios the whole time and we didn’t even think twice about it! We tried to correct that statement as best as possible later in the video. We find it interesting that Midland doesn’t even list a spec on the wattage on their site.
@DJTruth_19705 ай бұрын
@@SunshineStateVikingsever know why truckers using CBs quit using “Good Buddy”? Apparently a good buddy was caught face down in a truck doin good buddy duties. Be careful who you refer to as Good Buddy. just sayin
@ricdonato43288 ай бұрын
12:48, hum how can you calculate four times smaller? Remember basic math, times is always more never less thus four times a number is always more. More correctly stated would be one quarter the original size. Also, you use the word utilize, utilize is not a fancy way to say use because it has a different meaning. Use means to consume from a limited supply or take something to achieve a result. Utilize means to use something beyond its intended purpose. Rather than using the correct word use, using utilize comes across as pompous and self ingratiating.