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<blockquote data-quote="Philward" data-source="post: 2724981" data-attributes="member: 92604"><p>Back in the mid '70's we started carrying CB radios and walkie-talkies because all us kids started hunting and parents wanting to keep track of us. Dad had a couple 3 channel ones the size of huge cellular phones, the original ones. My uncle had a 23 channel midland that was battery powered and hung from a belt, it had an 8 foot extendable antenna. Can't believe he hunted through the PNW brush with that thing on his hip. eventually moved to the FRS and then GMRS radios but they seem to have issues with water even if they say waterproof. My cousin and myself both have had issues with the mics getting wet and not transmitting and those rechargeable ones the battery packs don't last. Have better luck with rechargable batteries rather than the midland pack, which I think is 3 cells instead of 4 if you don't use the pack. I use Lithium AA cells or NiMH rechargables instead of the pack. Wonder if I could recharge the AA cells while in the radio using the charging stand? It just sits there unused now. Most of time don't carry one now since I hunt alone. My cousin got new ones for this past hunting season that are 5 watt and have bluetooth, can send gps location etc and looked good and functioned well for him and his wife. May have been Baofeng something. I tend to not talk much on them, just there for emergency mostly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Philward, post: 2724981, member: 92604"] Back in the mid '70's we started carrying CB radios and walkie-talkies because all us kids started hunting and parents wanting to keep track of us. Dad had a couple 3 channel ones the size of huge cellular phones, the original ones. My uncle had a 23 channel midland that was battery powered and hung from a belt, it had an 8 foot extendable antenna. Can't believe he hunted through the PNW brush with that thing on his hip. eventually moved to the FRS and then GMRS radios but they seem to have issues with water even if they say waterproof. My cousin and myself both have had issues with the mics getting wet and not transmitting and those rechargeable ones the battery packs don't last. Have better luck with rechargable batteries rather than the midland pack, which I think is 3 cells instead of 4 if you don't use the pack. I use Lithium AA cells or NiMH rechargables instead of the pack. Wonder if I could recharge the AA cells while in the radio using the charging stand? It just sits there unused now. Most of time don't carry one now since I hunt alone. My cousin got new ones for this past hunting season that are 5 watt and have bluetooth, can send gps location etc and looked good and functioned well for him and his wife. May have been Baofeng something. I tend to not talk much on them, just there for emergency mostly. [/QUOTE]
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