On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Luke Hovington <lu
...@hovo.id.au> wrote:
> Very interesting, I wasn't aware there was a 80 channel version being
> release.
> Is it backwards compatible with the old 40 equipment?
> Cheers
> On Friday, June 15, 2012, James Churchill wrote:
>> FRS/GMRS radios are only legal in the US/Canada (at least, definitely
>> not here). Australia's comparable system is UHF CB. I've got a couple
>> of old 40-ch handsets floating about, but ACMA is in the process of
>> moving everyone to an 80-channel plan - so if you buy a radio, make
>> sure it's got the new channels unlocked.
>> http://www.uhfcb.com.au/ is a good resource about all the CB stuff;
>> you'll definitely need to read it to find out how to use the different
>> channels (many are specifically allocated for repeater use, emergency
>> or telemetry, transmitting voice on those is a nono.)
>> - James
>> On 14 June 2012 23:22, Joshua Hogendorn <jhogend...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > So I've been looking in to motorbike audio lately. Its a bit of a
>> minefield
>> > to be honest.
>> > The conclusion I've come to is that the ideal system would be some sort
>> of
>> > managing hub to mix in devices, that stays wired into bike electrics.
>> Pair
>> > this with a decent FRS/GMRS radio, my phone for music and my gps. As for
>> > getting sound into the helmet, a wireless module is the preference, and
>> it
>> > seems the headphones/mic combos can be bought by themselves fairly
>> > inexpensively.
>> > Noone makes anything like this as far as I can tell. The closest thing
>> I've
>> > found is this:
>> http://www.jmcorp.com/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=JBLU-BHDG08
>> > $600 is a lot of cash just for the hub part. Like, way too much, I have
>> no
>> > idea how they manage to justify that price.
>> > Has anyone else looked into this stuff? I'm not super familiar with
>> > bluetooth, is this sort of thing achievable with amateur electronics? I
>> > assume I'll probably go bought for the helmet mount, but for the hub
>> unit?
>> > I'm more interested in results than the tinkering at this stage, so if
>> you
>> > know of a product I'm all ears.
>> > Lastly, I'm a radio newb. Does anyone have some good radio resources
>> for me
>> > to learn the basic types, what they do etc? FRS/GMRS/CB/VHS/UHF all
>> means
>> > rather little to me, none of my googling has been particularly
>> fruitful. The
>> > ideal product for this usage would cover as many bands as possible with
>> as
>> > much range as possible I'd say. Probably also impossible, heh :)
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>> > PH: 0407710007
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