TALKABOUT MOTOROLA
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eddieboyinla at 11.23.08 - 8:13 am
GET ONE, LETS TALK AS WE RIDE, AT LEAST THINK ABOUT IT
FEATURES:
One of the rugged "Value Series" of two-way radio models, the Motorola Talkabout® T5500 offers a range of up to 8 miles.1 Combining General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) technology with Motorola engineering, this radio is ideal for active outdoor communications.This two way radio requires an FCC license, as do all GMRS two way radios.
THATS 2600 CHANNELS, UP TO 8 MILES, GET ONE THEN WE CAN ASSIGN CHANNELS TO EACH OFB US.
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Eddie, I have some of these, I just have to remember to bring them on rides!
speedybrian200011.24.08 - 10:33 am
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what's wrong with plain ol' CBs?
wcfields11.24.08 - 12:11 pm
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I believe that boy's lookin' to shoot some skip.
PC11.24.08 - 12:25 pm
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agree with eddie.
someone on the rear can tell how far the rear is.
so no more 'SLOW DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWANSDJAWJKDNAJKISDNJKANSDJKNASJDNAKJSDNKAS"
aksendz11.24.08 - 1:10 pm
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IMAGINE IF WE ALL HAD ONE OF THESE?
YOU COULD ASSIGN CHANNELS TO EVERY ONE, WITH 2,600 CHANNELS TO CHOSE FROM, TALK TO WHO EVER YOU WANT TO,
THESE THINGS WORK AT AT LEAST 5 MILES, THE MAX DISTANCE BEING 8 MILES.
THEY ALSO COME WITH VOX FEATURE.
eddieboyinla11.24.08 - 1:15 pm
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...OMG!...LA CITY WIDE HIDE AND SEEK...cALL IT BIKE AND SEEK!
or we can play BIKETAG...but make it like the assasin game...
so we all get one target and we have to find then,,,,
i dont know how that relates to anything though
:D
aksendz11.24.08 - 1:17 pm
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IT IS JUST ONE OF THE WAYZ WE CAN HAVE FUN, ALSO IF SOMEONE GETS LOST OR HURT, OR THERE BIKE STOLEN, YOU COULD INSTANTLY LET ANYBODY KNOW BY USING A CHANNEL LIKE 4.11 OR 9.11
THESE THINGS ARE COOL AND VERY FUN TO COMMUNICATE WITH.
22 CHANNELS, WITH 121 SUBCHANNELS PER CHANNEL.
THIS SHIT IS DIGITAL.
YOU COULD LOOK ME UP, REMEMBER THEY ARE ONLY GOOD FOR 5 TO 8 MILES DISTANCE. GET ONE THEN PICK A NUMBER WITH 1.0 WATT, USE 0.5 WATT CHANNELS FOR CLOSE AND PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS.
MY CHANNEL IS 16.116, I SET MINE UP MYSELF.
eddieboyinla11.24.08 - 1:41 pm
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These things don't have anything like 2600 channels. More like 22 channels with a bunch of (misnamed) "privacy" codes, which are actually codes that theoretically only open the squelch when people with the same code are transmitting. It won't keep signals from interfering with one another on the same channel, though--if you're on 16.116 and I'm on 16.112 and we transmit at the same time we're going to step on each other.
PC11.24.08 - 1:46 pm
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i think eddie just found a box of these that dropped of some truck....
:D
aksendz11.24.08 - 1:48 pm
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THATS WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS WEBSITE, SO MANY FUCKIN SMART PEOPLE, IF I TOLD YOU THAT THE SUN NEVER GOES DOWN, YOU'D PROBABLY ARGUE WITH ME.
eddieboyinla11.24.08 - 1:53 pm
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This sounds like fun.
Where's the best place to get one?
jonnyboy11.24.08 - 1:59 pm
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it actually doesn't.
for one there is no direction in space. its all relative
plus...we rotate no the sun.
and the sun is always present...even if we don't see it
its like god...
aksendz11.24.08 - 1:59 pm
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GOOGLE TALKABOUT FROM MOTOROLA
THEY GO FOR ABOUT 30 TO 60 BUCKS, FOR A PAIR, AND THEY WORK WITH ANY OTHER WALKIE TALKIES.
SOME COME WITH CHARGER STANDS, OR PUT IN YOUR OWN BATTERIES.
THERE FUN AND EASY TO USE, THEY USE THE SAME CHANNELS AS THE CB RADIOS.
REALLY COOL.
eddieboyinla11.24.08 - 2:04 pm
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...if by "CB radios" you mean "General Mobile Radio Service / Family Radio Service radios."
PC11.24.08 - 2:09 pm
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THINK ABOUT IT, YOU SHOW UP AT A RIDE, AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE NOT HERE YET, YOU CALL THEM ON THIS RADIO, AND TELL THEM WHATS SUP.
OR
YOUR GOING TO A RIDE, YOUR LATE, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE EVERYBODYS AT, YOU USE YOUR RADIO, WHITCH IS ON A CERTAIN CHANNEL, ITS POSTED ON THE RIDE LISTING, YOU GET DIRECTIONS, YOU SHOW UP, AND THANK YOUR FRIENDS FOR BRINGING THERE RADIO.
eddieboyinla11.24.08 - 2:11 pm
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WHY YOU PLAYING WITH WORDS PC?
GET ONE, TRY IT OUT, THEN TALK SHIT.
PLEASE?
eddieboyinla11.24.08 - 2:13 pm
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I'm gently correcting you.
PC11.24.08 - 2:15 pm
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chillin...trying to look for my walkie talkie, i know i have one somewhere.
elmotorolo11.24.08 - 5:00 pm
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yup good idea eddie i was pondering this same idea a week ago. atleast the ride leaders and ride captains should have these on rides
Debut21311.24.08 - 5:29 pm
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I mountain bike with a group in Ventura, most riders bring a small two way radio with them -- this way, no one gets left behind.
In the city, like in DTLA the buildings can block the signals.
Listen to PC, he knows what he's talking about.
mk452411.24.08 - 7:52 pm
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If it's that important to have long range push-to-talk comms on urban rides, get prepaid Boost Mobile phones with the walkie-talkie feature and you'll have infinite range. $1/day, only on the day you use it.
PC11.24.08 - 8:17 pm
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Also, nobody can eavesdrop, and random dickheads can't jam your signal just for kicks. P.S. We have ride captains?
PC11.24.08 - 10:01 pm
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@pc
I was thinking more like, "Ride wRanglerz".
Which basically deputizes anyone of us with a tall-bike, or a sound-system.
bentstrider11.25.08 - 2:07 am
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THIS IS NOTHING NEW. i've suggested before. now let's do it!
Eddie GOpez11.25.08 - 2:10 am
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Fine then. Good night.
And take that watch out of your ass!
Joe Borfo11.25.08 - 2:24 am
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Better yet, keep it in there.
That way, Zed won't be able to penetrate, and you'll be able to get Medieval on his hill-billy ass!!!
bentstrider11.25.08 - 2:31 am
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benstrider,
speak for yourself, i don't like my ass fiddled with.
Eddie GOpez11.25.08 - 2:33 am
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