Stus-List Re: 2-way headsets?

[Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List]

They are not very good radios.
I have a few and while they do work, the tone squelch has an annoying time 
delay and the receivers are wide open and subject to intermod. I would NOT use 
one for anything critical at all, but they are great for things where you might 
lose one overboard or otherwise damage it.
Do remember that the vast majority of them are NOT legal for what they get used 
for and come with frequencies NOT legal for what they get used for either. The 
former is not that big a deal but the latter can very much be.


Joe Della Barba

From: Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2021 1:44 PM
To: Stus-List 
Cc: Marek Dziedzic 
Subject: Stus-List Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 2-way headsets?

Keep in mind that people who are making these devices are earning about $3/day. 
The biggest cost is shipping and distribution.
We often don’t t think, how fortunate we are to live and work where we do.

Marek
Ottawa, ON

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Stus-List Re: 2-way headsets?

[Korbey Hunt via CnC-List]

Amaxon sells a Midland set for $69.  Includes ear bud mics.

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From: Dennis C. via CnC-List 
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 11:18:59 AM
To: Stus-List 
Cc: Dennis C. 
Subject: Stus-List Re: 2-way headsets?

Voice activated walkie talkies?  About $40 a pair on eBay.

--
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:07 PM Steve Thomas via CnC-List 
mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:

I have looked for those as well and the price cannot be justified from any 
technical perspective. Everyone it seems looks to cellphones first, but there 
is no way they can talk to each other without a tower. They could make it 
possible with blue-tooth but they don't. Ought to be a way to get blu-tooth 
based headphones to communicate with each other too but that is not supported 
either. Then I looked for FRS radios built into headphones, and back to stupid 
high prices. I'll bet we could have purchased something off the shelf at Radio 
Shack 30 or 40 years ago that would have worked just fine.

Enough of the rant.

The only thing I have found short of manufacturing something would be a FRS 
walkie-talkie with VOX and a compatible headset.

Steve Thomas



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Subject: Stus-List 2-way headsets?

Our anchoring (and our marriage) has benefitted from Cruising Solutions two-way 
headsets for 6 or 7 years. The modest ~$80/pair units were great ... but are 
getting wonky, and I'm looking at replacements. Everything on the market looks 
more sophisticated, and a LOT more expensive, at ~ $350 to ~$800 per pair.

Anyone have a modest-priced solution?

Thanks

Nate Flesness

Sarah Jean
1980 30-1
St. Croix River

Raven
1994 Tartan 31
Siskiwit Bay Marina
Cornucopia
Lake Superior


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Stus-List Re: 2-way headsets?

[Korbey Hunt via CnC-List]

Use cell phones with blue tooth ear buds.

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From: Nate Flesness via CnC-List 
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 9:22:56 AM
To: Stus-List 
Cc: Nate Flesness 
Subject: Stus-List 2-way headsets?

Our anchoring (and our marriage) has benefitted from Cruising Solutions two-way 
headsets for 6 or 7 years. The modest ~$80/pair units were great ... but are 
getting wonky, and I'm looking at replacements. Everything on the market looks 
more sophisticated, and a LOT more expensive, at ~ $350 to ~$800 per pair.

Anyone have a modest-priced solution?

Thanks

Nate Flesness

Sarah Jean
1980 30-1
St. Croix River

Raven
1994 Tartan 31
Siskiwit Bay Marina
Cornucopia
Lake Superior
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Stus-List Re: 2-way headsets?

[Dennis C. via CnC-List]

Voice activated walkie talkies?  About $40 a pair on eBay.

--
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:07 PM Steve Thomas via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

>
> I have looked for those as well and the price cannot be justified from any
> technical perspective. Everyone it seems looks to cellphones first, but
> there is no way they can talk to each other without a tower. They could
> make it possible with blue-tooth but they don't. Ought to be a way to get
> blu-tooth based headphones to communicate with each other too but that is
> not supported either. Then I looked for FRS radios built into headphones,
> and back to stupid high prices. I'll bet we could have purchased something
> off the shelf at Radio Shack 30 or 40 years ago that would have worked just
> fine.
>
> Enough of the rant.
>
> The only thing I have found short of manufacturing something would be a
> FRS walkie-talkie with VOX and a compatible headset.
> Steve Thomas
>
>
>
>
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> From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
> Cc: nateflesn...@gmail.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 12:22 PM
> Subject: Stus-List 2-way headsets?
>
> Our anchoring (and our marriage) has benefitted from Cruising Solutions
> two-way headsets for 6 or 7 years. The modest ~$80/pair units were great
> ... but are getting wonky, and I'm looking at replacements. Everything on
> the market looks more sophisticated, and a LOT more expensive, at ~ $350 to
> ~$800 per pair.
>
> Anyone have a modest-priced solution?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nate Flesness
>
> Sarah Jean
> 1980 30-1
> St. Croix River
>
> Raven
> 1994 Tartan 31
> Siskiwit Bay Marina
> Cornucopia
> Lake Superior
> --
>
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> the costs involved.  If you want to show your support to the list - use
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> - Stu
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Stus-List Re: 2-way headsets?

[J.P. via CnC-List]

I bought some Baofeng UHF walkies with headsets, belt clips, 2each… cost $45 
for the pair with shipping and headsets. Got them off of Tophatter.
http://www.tophatter.com . Small, lightweight, good range, good on batteries, 
lots of frequencies. I was using my cellphone and earbuds before that – that 
doesn’t work real well offshore 😊 


JP

S/V Alethea

C&C 43-1

 

From: Steve Thomas via CnC-List  
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 10:07 AM
To: Nate Flesness via CnC-List 
Cc: Steve Thomas 
Subject: Stus-List Re: 2-way headsets?

 

 

I have looked for those as well and the price cannot be justified from any 
technical perspective. Everyone it seems looks to cellphones first, but there 
is no way they can talk to each other without a tower. They could make it 
possible with blue-tooth but they don't. Ought to be a way to get blu-tooth 
based headphones to communicate with each other too but that is not supported 
either. Then I looked for FRS radios built into headphones, and back to stupid 
high prices. I'll bet we could have purchased something off the shelf at Radio 
Shack 30 or 40 years ago that would have worked just fine.

Enough of the rant. 

The only thing I have found short of manufacturing something would be a FRS 
walkie-talkie with VOX and a compatible headset. 

Steve Thomas

 



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To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
Cc: nateflesn...@gmail.com <mailto:nateflesn...@gmail.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 12:22 PM
Subject: Stus-List 2-way headsets?

Our anchoring (and our marriage) has benefitted from Cruising Solutions two-way 
headsets for 6 or 7 years. The modest ~$80/pair units were great ... but are 
getting wonky, and I'm looking at replacements. Everything on the market looks 
more sophisticated, and a LOT more expensive, at ~ $350 to ~$800 per pair.

 

Anyone have a modest-priced solution?

 

Thanks

 

Nate Flesness

 

Sarah Jean

1980 30-1

St. Croix River

 

Raven

1994 Tartan 31

Siskiwit Bay Marina

Cornucopia

Lake Superior


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Stus-List Re: 2-way headsets?

[Ted_Relinda--- via CnC-List]

Our Radio Shack headsets finally bit the dust. We got a set of Sena blutooth 
that work great. A little pricier than the old RS ones but man do they work 
better once you figure them out. We found them through Boat Galley.  Ted.  

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  On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 13:07, Steve Thomas via 
CnC-List wrote:   
I have looked for those as well and the price cannot be justified from any 
technical perspective. Everyone it seems looks to cellphones first, but there 
is no way they can talk to each other without a tower. They could make it 
possible with blue-tooth but they don't. Ought to be a way to get blu-tooth 
based headphones to communicate with each other too but that is not supported 
either. Then I looked for FRS radios built into headphones, and back to stupid 
high prices. I'll bet we could have purchased something off the shelf at Radio 
Shack 30 or 40 years ago that would have worked just fine.
Enough of the rant. 


The only thing I have found short of manufacturing something would be a FRS 
walkie-talkie with VOX and a compatible headset. 

Steve Thomas




 
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 From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: nateflesn...@gmail.com
 Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 12:22 PM
 Subject: Stus-List 2-way headsets?
 
 Our anchoring (and our marriage) has benefitted from Cruising Solutions 
two-way headsets for 6 or 7 years. The modest ~$80/pair units were great ... 
but are getting wonky, and I'm looking at replacements. Everything on the 
market looks more sophisticated, and a LOT more expensive, at ~ $350 to ~$800 
per pair.
Anyone have a modest-priced solution?
Thanks
Nate Flesness
Sarah Jean1980 30-1St. Croix River
Raven1994 Tartan 31Siskiwit Bay MarinaCornucopiaLake Superior 

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Stus-List Re: 2-way headsets?

[Steve Thomas via CnC-List]

I have looked for those as well and the price cannot be justified from 
any technical perspective. Everyone it seems looks to cellphones first, 
but there is no way they can talk to each other without a tower. They 
could make it possible with blue-tooth but they don't. Ought to be a way 
to get blu-tooth based headphones to communicate with each other too but 
that is not supported either. Then I looked for FRS radios built into 
headphones, and back to stupid high prices. I'll bet we could have 
purchased something off the shelf at Radio Shack 30 or 40 years ago that 
would have worked just fine.


Enough of the rant.
The only thing I have found short of manufacturing something would be a 
FRS walkie-talkie with VOX and a compatible headset.


Steve Thomas



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   To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: nateflesn...@gmail.com
   Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 12:22 PM
   Subject: Stus-List 2-way headsets?


Our anchoring (and our marriage) has benefitted from Cruising Solutions 
two-way headsets for 6 or 7 years. The modest ~$80/pair units were great 
... but are getting wonky, and I'm looking at replacements. Everything 
on the market looks more sophisticated, and a LOT more expensive, at ~ 
$350 to ~$800 per pair.


Anyone have a modest-priced solution?


Thanks


Nate Flesness


Sarah Jean
1980 30-1
St. Croix River


Raven
1994 Tartan 31
Siskiwit Bay Marina
Cornucopia
Lake Superior

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Stus-List Re: 2-way headsets?

[Dennis C. via CnC-List]

The Admiral and I use hand signals.  Works well.

Otherwise, your cell phones with cheap earbuds?

--
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 11:23 AM Nate Flesness via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> Our anchoring (and our marriage) has benefitted from Cruising Solutions
> two-way headsets for 6 or 7 years. The modest ~$80/pair units were great
> ... but are getting wonky, and I'm looking at replacements. Everything on
> the market looks more sophisticated, and a LOT more expensive, at ~ $350 to
> ~$800 per pair.
>
> Anyone have a modest-priced solution?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nate Flesness
>
> Sarah Jean
> 1980 30-1
> St. Croix River
>
> Raven
> 1994 Tartan 31
> Siskiwit Bay Marina
> Cornucopia
> Lake Superior
> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with
> the costs involved.  If you want to show your support to the list - use
> PayPal to send contribution --   https://www.paypal.me/stumurray  Thanks
> - Stu
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