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23 Sep 2008, 2:12 pm

I like walkie-talkies, megaphones and microphones. Devices that you can talk through. I also like those devices where you can alter your voice.



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23 Sep 2008, 2:45 pm

I like the walkie-talkies phones from sprint.



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23 Sep 2008, 3:53 pm

I like walkie talkies a lot and I have some that look like cell phones.

I do not like cell phones that have a walkie talkie feature because
REAL walkie talkies have no service fees!



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23 Sep 2008, 6:49 pm

They should make mobile phones with a free walkie talkie feature, for short range communication, just like real walkie talkies.


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24 Sep 2008, 3:09 am

People who like walkie talkies should get ham radio licenses.
Ham radio walkie talkies are the best kind.



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24 Sep 2008, 3:28 am

A friend had a set when I was a kid, they were pretty cool.


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24 Sep 2008, 2:11 pm

Walkie talkies are very useable up in the mountains. But generally I'm not very fund of them these days. Old technology.

But I guess that if I was to test a high quality walkie talkie I wouldn't mind. :)



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24 Sep 2008, 4:20 pm

when I was younger before my dad retired from the civil service I used to play around with them, confused some people. They had some seriously large/bulky battery packs. Pretty essential kit in civil war Angola.



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24 Sep 2008, 4:25 pm

Yes. My favourite is a Yeasu FT-705 that has been modified to cover the entire 140.0000 MHz to 149.9995 MHz band.


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