hand helds. gps/uhf radio

kaney · Post by **kaney** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:52 pm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-ph ... 359953.htm

anyone got any ideas about these things. or would i be better to get each one seperate?

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:58 pm

Ok, From experience, my ideal mix is:

1. Truck mount 5 Watt PRS Radio with decent aerial
2. At least one 0.5 Watt Handheld PRS Radio
3. GPS with external Antenna for truck, either built into no 1 or seperate unit

I have 1 and 2 and a hand held GPS.

callum007 · Post by **callum007** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:13 pm

id say it was a cheap toy... bit of a gimmick really

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:14 pm

callum007 wrote:id say it was a cheap toy... bit of a gimmick really

The truck mount version is actually pretty good, Al has one. But yes on second glance it looks a bit gimmicky

4WDbits · Post by **4WDbits** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:06 pm

Some guys love em, if everyone had one we would all know where everyone was, maybe.
Personally I use 5 watt water proof handhelds and use the charging tray to mount it in the truck, cig adapter and it never goes flat.

BrentC · Post by **BrentC** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:47 pm

wjw wrote:Ok, From experience, my ideal mix is:

1. Truck mount 5 Watt PRS Radio with decent aerial
2. At least one 0.5 Watt Handheld PRS Radio
3. GPS with external Antenna for truck, either built into no 1 or seperate unit

I have 1 and 2 and a hand held GPS.

I have a gme TX3200 http://www.gme.net.nz/uhf_transceivers.html

and a couple of FlyBuys handhelds

I also have - but hardly use - as the radio part is illegal in NZ - 2 garmin Rhino 120's and 1 garmin Rhino 520 GPS Radios - you can set one up with OziAPRS on a Laptop and show on the map the other units - download their track logs etc

http://www.garmin.com/products/rino520/

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:56 pm

id say it was a cheap toy... bit of a gimmick really

Their not a cheap toy. I have the truck mount version of this and I find it quite good. It has waypoints trip computer, etc etc and a radio range of 25kms, also all the mounted speed camera postions. It doesn't have the maps or little worm showing your track. It does give you a compass to navigate to your waypoints though. f you can afford the extra go for the truck mount and buy a cheap handheld.
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Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:11 pm

I have one of these, got it from trademe for $100 second hand.
Works very well but doesnt last long on the batt if you have the gps on all the time.
If you can afford a vehicle mounted unit get one, then you dont have to worry about batterys.

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:53 am

Don't bother with the cheaper 0.5w (or 0.1w) handhelds, they are crap, go for the more expensive better handhelds if you can