Gold Wing & Harley groups tend use built-in CB radios. CB radios in Gold Wings & Harleys predate FRS; so retrofitting to FRS/GMRS can cause compatibility issues with older bikes. The only time that a group of 10 or so bikes loses communications is when one of the riders turns down the squelch so far that he can't even hear another bike 20' away. Most of the helmet mounted radios are FRS &/or GMRS. As far as I know in talking to those riders - they rarely get out of range with each other. 73 George AI4VZ
-----Original Message----- From: K8JHR Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 5:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Could this operate on a motorcycle? Now I don't mean to sound critical, but is it somehow different for guys on bikes than for guys in cars? We use 5 watt FRS/GMRS radios for our MINI Cooper driving club, and we can easily have thirty or forty cars on a tour, and have participated in groups as large as 400. If cars get out of range, then we are either too spread out to be a group, or perhaps the group is too large if the front and rear cars cannot connect, or we cannot relay info. I suppose that is where knowing the route in advance plays a helpful part. We don't kibitz at every turn; we pretty much know where we are going in advance ... well... all except for "Wrong Way Joan" who gets lost no matter what we do. Is it so different for bikes you need such a wide signal range? We do multi state, multi day tours, so it it is not like we don't go anywhere, so I am wondering why you need more range than what a 5 watt rig might provide. Again...not being critical, genuinely curious about this. Might learn something to take back to our club! ------------------ K8JHR -------------------- On 5/4/2014 4:16 PM, rgconner wrote: > 5w is not enough if we get out of line of site. > > 5w on 70cm works great 95% of the time, until we get canyons or lose line of > site. > ____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
