whatelse123
August 6th, 2006, 09:44 PM
Our family (10 + 3 family friends) had thought of bringing walkie talkies to stay in touch wth everyone while at Nassau & Castaway Cay, but someone had metioned that everyone else does the same thing and therefore you can't really use them efficiently because the frequencies jam. Any thoughts?
Host Mick
August 7th, 2006, 02:06 AM
Not a problem.
On the FRS (free Family Radio System) radios, there are only 14 channels available but each channel has 38 privacy subcodes to make up 546 usable channels . If one is in use, go to another. I've used them a lot at places like Disneyland, zoos, festivals and camping and only a few times had someone else on our primary channel. We just switch to the pre-arranged secondary and we're good.
Don't however count on the radios to travel a significant distance. If you're out of visible range, you're out of radio range. Their advertised range is two miles but a mile is more like it.
jdoyle
August 12th, 2006, 10:12 AM
We've always used walkie-talkies on our cruises and they are a godsend. We can get 6 people that are in different places on the ship back to the rooms in no time. But Host Mick is right, the distance coverage is never what they claim.