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by harrogate22
Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cheap Walkie-Talkies for General Instrumentation & Contr
Replies: 10
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Thanks very much for your thoughts - Haklesup's look promising, with the potential (data-wise) to mange control of a reasonably sophisticated remote device. I imagine the use of hacked modems would reqire the use of two pairs of radios in order to gain full-duplex. I'll have to check on whether the ...
by harrogate22
Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cheap Walkie-Talkies for General Instrumentation & Contr
Replies: 10
Views: 5463

Cheap Walkie-Talkies for General Instrumentation & Contr

Any ideas on this please: With two-way PMR446 radios being so cheap these days – less than GBP30 ($50) a pair – and with a range of 3Km (2-miles), it occurred to me that they could be very useful for remote control. The control of models, for example, with a greater range than the usual R/C syst...