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From: Kevin Stone on 12 Aug 2010 19:28 Hi, http://www.biketobike.co.uk/Cobra_600.html Any good? If not, then something as cheap for 2 bikes... TIA -- Kev
From: Vass on 13 Aug 2010 03:29 "Kevin Stone" <newsaccount(a)hotpop.com> wrote in message news:W7GdnQDA1-gDHvnRnZ2dnUVZ7o2dnZ2d(a)bt.com... > Hi, > > http://www.biketobike.co.uk/Cobra_600.html > > Any good? If not, then something as cheap for 2 bikes... > > TIA > cheap = cant hear anything over 35mph IME -- Vass
From: J�r�my on 13 Aug 2010 03:34 "Kevin Stone" <newsaccount(a)hotpop.com> wrote in news:W7GdnQDA1- gDHvnRnZ2dnUVZ7o2dnZ2d(a)bt.com: > Hi, > > http://www.biketobike.co.uk/Cobra_600.html > > Any good? If not, then something as cheap for 2 bikes... > > TIA I used that kit for some time, although from another supplier, and found it pretty much a PITA. The headsets, cables and connectors are flimsy, and we had continual failures - I ended up carrying heaps of spares whenever we went on a trip, and spending the whole time mending things. Also, the mics are not noise cancelling, so sound quality is dreadful. (Incidentally, the page you referenced mentions VOX, although the kit includes a PTT button - I don't know what that's about; VOX is definitely not a good idea on a bike, especially without noice cancelling mics, for obvious reasons.) I now use kit from http://www.intaride.com/bike-to-bike-radio.html , which is much more robust. Not as cheap, though. You probably know already that 5km range is a fantasy. In open country, between bikes, you might get as much as 1km, but it'll usually be much less. In town, a few hundred metres is good. I have the IR-803 radios from Intaride, which can transmit at 1W. This helps a bit and is only slightly illegal. They can also transmit at 4W, which would be rather more illegal - I haven't tried this yet. -- Jeremy K1300GT
From: SIRPip on 13 Aug 2010 05:13 Jirimy wrote: > I have > the IR-803 radios from Intaride, which can transmit at 1W. This helps > a bit and is only slightly illegal. They can also transmit at 4W, > which would be rather more illegal - I haven't tried this yet. Heh. You've just provoked some fond memories of CB radio on 27MHz and running 100W burners. You could get some range with those lads. -- SIRPip : B12
From: Jim on 13 Aug 2010 05:40
On 13/08/10 08:34, J�r�my wrote: > I used that kit for some time, although from another supplier, and found > it pretty much a PITA. The headsets, cables and connectors are flimsy, > and we had continual failures - I ended up carrying heaps of spares > whenever we went on a trip, and spending the whole time mending things. > Also, the mics are not noise cancelling, so sound quality is dreadful. > (Incidentally, the page you referenced mentions VOX, although the kit > includes a PTT button - I don't know what that's about; VOX is definitely > not a good idea on a bike, especially without noice cancelling mics, for > obvious reasons.) I have the Motorola L6 radios which are similar. There is a VOX function but it's basically useless when you've got the headset plugged in unless you could somehow force the PTT to be permanently on. Even then you'd suffer from triggering the VOX when background wind noise got high enough. The headsets I bought to go with the radios lasted 1 hour in one case and 4 hours for the other one before failing in various ways. I would forget about it unless you're going to buy the Scala kit or an Autocom. |