use of walkie talkies at putah creek..

rgloft · Senior Member

use of walkie talkies at putah creek..

drifter · Senior Member

not sure which post i should reply to....the first or the fifth smile

. �If you buy a decent pair, like a 4 mile range, they work great, my experience has been is take what the box says and divide it by half, so a 4 mile will work for 2 miles. �I use them when we go deer hunting and they do there job. ��

The rain is here......the fish will not be far behind biggrin

Packrat · Senior Member

The distance is usually rated by "line of sight". I have a pair of motorola that are rated at 10 miles. If I was on an open stretch of straight road with no trees or hills then I might get 10 miles. You should have no problem on Putah from the bridge all the way down to #5. If you get a set get the higher wattage ones, they say you need an FCC license to operate them but I don't see how they would ever find you. I never got the license......

lightfoot · Senior Member

Packrat wrote:

If you get a set get the higher wattage ones, they say you need an FCC license to operate them but I don't see how they would ever find you. I never got the license......

You are referring to what is commonly called ham radio.� Yes it is illegal to use them without a license and following the propor protocal set forth by the FCC.

Yes, you can be found while using a ham radio and prosecuted for doing so.� On the bright side it is NOT hard to get a ham radio license.� Here are a few links with practice tests and information on how, where and when to aquire a license.

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Being licensed and trained to use a ham radio has other benefits as well.� Consider your statement about not being able to use a cell phone at Putah.� I'm willing to be you could reach a repeater.�

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Jer5150 · Member

Just to add my two cents worth here. About 10 years ago I was out on the ocean with a very unprepared boater. 4 miles out his outdrive froze up. In afterthought I kinda wished that I had checked after he had topped off his outdrive before the trip. I may have noticed that he forgot to reinstall the plug screw. Anyways, because my Icom had the ability to transmit a little out of band, I used my legal call sign, out of band, to get us rescued. Someone heard me and took exception to it and I was almost fined $2500 and had to file an intent to prevent another infraction to keep from having my license pulled perminantly. I would personally highly recommend you rethink that action and save yourself unnecessary grief.

I also happen to own a pair of the decent Motorola 9 or 10 mile range 2-ways and agree with drifter's assessement of taking the listed range and dividing it by 2 for most open outdoor applications.

Jer
KC6UTY