Walkie Talkie Advice

We've used walkie talkies aboard ship before - we have the ones that go 1-2 miles (I think). They don't work very well. Does anyone have experience using the new ones with the 5 mile range? Do they work better than the older ones? Thanks for your help!

Cunard Princess'83 - Caribbean

Royal Cruise Line '86 - Asia

Disney Magic Millenium Cruise

Sun Princess '00 Alaska

Golden Princess01Mediterranean

Grand Princess '02 W Caribbean

Grand Princess '02 E Caribbean

Mercury '03 Ca. Coastal

Constellation '03 Baltic Sea

Disney Magic '04 W. Caribbean

Remember that a ship is mostly metal. And radio waves don't go thru metal very well.

USS Chilton APA-38 1966-1968

USS Guam LPH-9 1968-1970

Pacific Princess Oct 21 2001 Bermuda

Golden Princess Dec 7 2002 "Eastern Caribbean"

Coral Princess Dec 9 2003 "Panama Canal"

Carnival Miracle 17 Oct 2004

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We used our 5 mile range ones last March on the Grand and had no problems at all.

Our 5 mile worked well most of the time, but not always. We found if one of us was in the open air it worked better.

Diamond Princess HERE WE COME! Alaska has never been so cool! 5/22/04

May 31, 2003 Carnival Triumph to Western Caribbean.

My older Motorola units worked great to 4 miles although only rated for 2 miles. Go with the better quality units and use the subchannels to elimanate the other users.

John

Our 5 mile worked well on the Coral (and our cabin was all the way aft) IF we were out on the balcony. My husband would "beep" me on the walkie talkie and I could step outside to actually talk. Worked great.

QE2 - 2000

Grand Princess - 2002

Coral Princess - 2004

Our little costco cheapies worked great in Alaska, from shore to ship in one case.

No walkie talkie thread is complete without an admonition about their usage. Please be considerate and use them as needed, not in crowded areas and briefly when you do.

It only takes a few radio assisted loud mouths to start these boards on fire, so let's not give anyone any fuel.

Happy cruising, we use channel 9 sub 5...little not at work humor.

<FONT color=red>Alaska</FONT>

Diamond Princess 05/04

Mercury 06/02

Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98

Legend o.t. Seas 09/95

<FONT color=red>Mexican Riviera</FONT>

Diamond Princess 04/04

Sea Princess 01/02

Vision o.t. Seas 04/02

Star Princess 12/02<FONT color=red>

West Coast-Baja Mexico</FONT>

Ecstacy 09/01

Vision o.t. Seas 10/02

<FONT color=red>Eastern Carribean</FONT>

Century 12/97

<FONT color=red>Western Carribean</FONT>

Century 9/96

I have a question regarding Walkie Talkies. Did you have to register them with the FCC to get a license before using them? Thanks for any info.

Jan

Mully too

FRS radios do not require an FCC license

from

http://www.leeselect.com/frs/FRSinfo.htm

FCC license to operate on GMRS channels

from

http://www.circuitcity.com/learnabout.jsp?b=b&c=2&department=Portable+Electronics&category=2-Way+Radios&learn=Basics&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes&ct=0&BV_SessionID=@@@@0402215640.1081890132@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdeadclellllklcfngcfkmdffhdffo.0

USS Chilton APA-38 1966-1968

USS Guam LPH-9 1968-1970

Pacific Princess Oct 21 2001 Bermuda

Golden Princess Dec 7 2002 "Eastern Caribbean"

Coral Princess Dec 9 2003 "Panama Canal"

Carnival Miracle 17 Oct 2004

NOT UPDATED again 25 Feb www.geocities.com/fsbsdel

Derf - Thanks so much for the info,just what we were looking for.

Jan