dose anyone use these personal mobile radio (pmr) two way radios for canoe to canoe chat?
very useful radio for a chat with all on a group meets weather boat to boat or boat to bank.
I've used them when walking with a group, but never in a canoe. I think Reggie and Gaylord, of Radio Brokeback (BrokebackFM
), have used them in canoes. I think they are useful, but not really for chatting - more for emergency use if groups get separated or lost, especially when the weather comes down.
They might be useful on a foggy day on Thirlmere
Biff
(20-05-09 06:09 PM)Biff Wrote: [ -> ]They might be useful on a foggy day on Thirlmere
Steady
Great fun travelling down to Wales the other week they were too, more a laugh than useful, we also used them in the boat but I think this was overkill as Lee was in the front.
Yes, they many be fun in one respect, but theres a safety aspect to them aswell which is worth thinking about.
Totaly agree UKB, if I paddled the sea around where I live I would get VHF Marine hand held, purely for safety reasons.
They can be very useful, we keep a pair in our emergency first aid backpack so if we need to do a gorge rescue we can communicate without shouting over the water noise etc.
As Gav says if you are going out to sea Marine VHF although you do need a licence to operate them as opposed to the PMR446 radio's you can buy over the counter.
Any form of communication is better then know communication at all weather it be on inland waterways or the sea.
With some 20 boats strung out on the Wye at EoSM we had 4 two-ways deployed amongst the more "mature" of the members out paddling.
Most handy when you're at the tail end of the line only to be told you've still got a mile left to the campsite as the others were just arriving.
Oh, and the singing renditions were something else. Eh "Convoy leader"?
Kept you all motivated on that last long stretch home...
And got you up of yer backside when I hid one behind your tent....
Cheers
Red.
Also good practice for CLAP,,, not that one the other one
Communication
Line of sight
Avoidance of obstacles and hazards
Positioning of most effectiveness
Good communication is the key for successful river trips
Oh and gets the Boss out of bed in the morning