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Looks like a good buy ($50) and will be useful for talking with other vehicles or assisting with parking manoeuvrers:

https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys/special-buys-sat-4-july/saturday-detail-wk27/ps/p/uniden-uhf-handheld-radio-3-pack/



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Great for locating child bride in larger towns when she is "shopping". Unfortunately they don't seem to get used whilst reversing caravan - just forget they are in glovebox.

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We use them every day A for reversing and B to check lights when moving off. We have a real 5watt for when driving.



-- Edited by jade46 on Friday 26th of June 2020 02:50:20 PM

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We actually use our mobile phones hands-free for reversing where possible. More private so others don't get a free comedy show -


"You need to come over more."
"Which way?"
"To the left."
"NO NOT THAT WAY!!"
"But that's to the left."
It isn't my left!"

Etc...

Only used in tight situations because I can back up ok and have disappointed many "Welcoming Committees" in the van parks.

We do use UHF in poor reception areas, but it's something more for the driver to have to use with his/her hands.



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Hi, are they suitable for vehicle to vehicle communications, ie. talk to truckies that appear in the rear camera, or can they only communicate to each other?



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Monty10 wrote:

Hi, are they suitable for vehicle to vehicle communications, ie. talk to truckies that appear in the rear camera, or can they only communicate to each other?

 

They are a general purpose 80 channel UHF CB and may be used (usually on channel 40) to talk with trucks or any other UHF CB user.

NB. They are a low power (500mW) transmitter so, in most situations, will have a range of 1km or so.



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Mike Harding wrote:

Looks like a good buy ($50) and will be useful for talking with other vehicles or assisting with parking manoeuvrers:

https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys/special-buys-sat-4-july/saturday-detail-wk27/ps/p/uniden-uhf-handheld-radio-3-pack/

 To assist us with parking we just use our phones.



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Monty10 wrote:

Hi, are they suitable for vehicle to vehicle communications, ie. talk to truckies that appear in the rear camera, or can they only communicate to each other?

Hi Monty10

I purchased a two pack, of similar half watt handheld 2 way 80 channel radios from Repco, around 2015

I use them to talk to the truckies, when they come up behind, to overtake

I do not know exactly what the range is, but I can hear people talking, without seeing them

I also hear some squawking, when the other person is too far away, to decipher what they are saying



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Thanks Tony Bev and Mike, 

just what I wanted to know. 

Cheers.



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I would suggest that half a watt transmission power is in the "toy" range and I would not expect reliable vehicle to vehicle transmission.
Great for parking and other open area chat.

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Peter



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Peter_n_Margaret wrote:

I would suggest that half a watt transmission power is in the "toy" range and I would not expect reliable vehicle to vehicle transmission.

Power plays only a small part in effective radio wave propagation especially at 477MHz.

500mW from a hand held device will be fine for talking with a vehicle 100m distant.



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At .5 of one watt they are just toys. OK for talking with co-driver when reversing but not powerful enough for good communication on the highway. A good 5watt UHF hand held radio is not all that expensive. Then you have a chance of accessing help if needed, especially with the repeater channels. You could complement your good radio with a toy one for those reversing tasks. My brother has a 2watt radio and I cant hear him if he is more than 500 metres away from me on the road.

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The navigator uses her mobile phone to ring me in the car, its hands free so I don't need to touch the radio mike, just listen to instructions and do as I am told.
The phone plans we have are free calls, it works great. I can turn the volume up or down with the radio buttons, or hang up if I don't like what was said. That does not need to happen often as she is a perfect navigator and always stands where she can see the mirrors as she know if she can see the mirrors I can see her. Perfect. We also have a camera and she knows the limitations of the wide angles.



-- Edited by oxleigh on Friday 3rd of July 2020 12:14:13 AM



-- Edited by oxleigh on Friday 3rd of July 2020 12:15:26 AM

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oxleigh wrote:

The navigator uses her mobile phone to ring me in the car, its hands free so I don't need to touch the radio mike,

 

 Problem being they (cell phones) are not much use in 95% of regional areas (even blue tick Telstra). No option other than UHF.



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