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I bought the Motorola XTR446 two way radios as part of the kit when taking a walking group out on the hills. Found them easy to use by any member of the group. The 'call' feature enable non radio type roger and over style of radio traffic, once you check that the frequency is clear press talk and just do that talk. Used on line of sight excellent range,a good product of simliar activities base hobby.
A great price for a set of Radios that were crystal clear over 5k. They are not the most sophisticated radios but the do exactly what they sauy on the tin
Fantastic Radios. These radios are pretty weather resistant, although they definitely won't appreciate being submersed - they have a weather sealed battery compartment and all the buttons are well sealed as is the headphone jack. The speaker can be seen through the grate on the front so obviously water can get in here easily. Having said that, I'd feel happy that these could perform fine in pretty tough / damp / sandy conditions. They feel good in the hand, not too heavy but at the same time they feel robust enough to be worth the slight premium these units command over less expensive PMR446 radios like the Binatone Terrain 550. Volume levels are good if a little distorted at full volume, like most all radios...sound quality is v good at lower volumes. I have not used the ear piece, doubt I ever will. They were really easy to set up - I programmed in my desired 10 channels with sub-channels in 5 or 6 mins - the manual is really easy to follow. Screen is clear and easy to read and the rubber antenna feels solidly in place. The one thing that does slightly annoy me is the charger. When both units are placed into the base station charger their respective red LED charging lights come on. Now, you would have thought that after their 16hr required charging time for the NiMH rechargeable batteries was reached, and the batteries had reached full capacity that, the LED's would change colour to green and charging would cease. No? In fact you have to keep a stopwatch on the charger and remove the radios after the allotted 16hrs have passed. Silly. Or you could forget about the charger and just use standard AAA alkaline batteries and get another 40% life over the rechargeable ones. I like the room monitoring feature / baby monitor / spying tool (!) - it is really easy to use - just one button and it automatically transmits any detected sound (at variable detectable sound levels 1-3) discretely to the other handset. I is also a perfect baby monitor that and self respecting gadget fan father should use over those fisher-price toys that cost the same! As far as range goes - who knows? These are only 0.5w output after all. But find a clear channel and sit on a mountain in clear cold conditions with a direct line of sight and your probably going to get a good few miles out of these. In a block of flats you'd be lucky to get 3/4 floors. If you need to communicate in built up areas I'd suggest getting some 4/5W UHF radios (with licence), but for non-critical applications such as sport / holidaying / family etc...these are perfect.Read full review
the description was not the whole truth, the numbers had all faded and the bracket that holds the clip on the back was broken
i had never bought any two way radios so i was in at the deep end.nead not of worried.they are perfect inevery way.thoght i would have problem using not at all as easy as abc