Bike 2 Bike Communications
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:44 pm
				
				I’ve been looking into Bike2Bike communication for a while, and found most options are expensive, have features I don’t want and are fairly limited.  
Reached a great solution today, quite by accident. We’re going on a road trip in September, and want 2-way radio between cars. Repco have a deal on such a set-up, so I went to get a pair. The cheap pair $49 had sold out, so I opted for the more expensive rechargeable pair. $120 got me two 40 channel radios with 4Km range. And to my surprise, they come with voice-activated headsets. I’ve not tested them yet, but don’t see why you couldn’t use them bike-to-bike. The radios are small enough to fit into a jacket and the headset goes into a crash hat ok. That beats the hell outta many specific $300 per bike kits.
As it’s a sale item, thought I’d post my findings post haste.
EDIT* for those who like fine details, Uniden uh043sx-2, comes with 2 radios, 2 voice activeted headsets, I twin desktop charger, 2 rechargeable battery packs, 2 belt clips and 1 AC adaptor.
And as an aside, I also got 2 bike covers for $35 each.
			Reached a great solution today, quite by accident. We’re going on a road trip in September, and want 2-way radio between cars. Repco have a deal on such a set-up, so I went to get a pair. The cheap pair $49 had sold out, so I opted for the more expensive rechargeable pair. $120 got me two 40 channel radios with 4Km range. And to my surprise, they come with voice-activated headsets. I’ve not tested them yet, but don’t see why you couldn’t use them bike-to-bike. The radios are small enough to fit into a jacket and the headset goes into a crash hat ok. That beats the hell outta many specific $300 per bike kits.
As it’s a sale item, thought I’d post my findings post haste.
EDIT* for those who like fine details, Uniden uh043sx-2, comes with 2 radios, 2 voice activeted headsets, I twin desktop charger, 2 rechargeable battery packs, 2 belt clips and 1 AC adaptor.
And as an aside, I also got 2 bike covers for $35 each.