Thread: walkie talkie

Originally Posted by bully

only line of sight... what kind of range in the hills or bush?

I was talking to my mate who was near the Dead Dog Hut in the Ruahine while I was on the top of the range not far from Lesters Memorial Cairn which is a distance of about 5kms with a couple of ridges in between. It was a fine day and the radio transmissions were clear.

Other times we have been separated only by one ridge and while still maintaining radio contact it found could be difficult at times.

Both of us have Garmin Rino GPS's set to 5w output.

Either way a Radio is better than no Radio and sometimes in some situations you just have to expect you will loose radio contact for a period of time.

Cheers
Pete