Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

I have VHF and UHF handheld with magnet mount on the Patrol. And a spare hand held for anyone travelling with me. Never considered the 10m band as it seems there are too few people using it.

I also have my ham radio license, but I have never had use for it for convoy / 4x4 comms.

pgreeff wrote: ↑10 Apr 2019 10:33 I also have my ham radio license, but I have never had use for it for convoy / 4x4 comms.

Agree, but the HAM tools makes life so much easier. My radio is programmed for the Gauteng HAM repeaters and ORRA frequencies.
Also easy to program for a specific convoy frequency if you know all the detail on the radio itself without having to link a laptop to the radio.....

Bring with to 10 year, then we can do a bit of a radio check as well....

Ian are you bringing your laptop with ??

Tinus lotz wrote: ↑10 Apr 2019 17:04 Ian are you bringing your laptop with ??

Ons kan n plan maak, ja.

Cool

Oelie, as a radio ham you should know that UHF is for talking to planes and 29 MHz is only for people who miss their CB radios!

PS: A handheld VHF radio costs the same as a Bosvark, and the annual license fees are negligible via 4x4 Community Forum or ORRA...

ChristoSlang wrote: ↑11 Apr 2019 20:35 Oelie, as a radio ham you should know that UHF is for talking to planes and 29 MHz is only for people who miss their CB radios!

PS: A handheld VHF radio costs the same as a Bosvark, and the annual license fees are negligible via 4x4 Community Forum or ORRA...

Airband is for talking to planes, VHF airband uses the frequencies between 108 and 137 MHz; ORRA VHF frequencies around 160Mhz and UHF frequencies are 400 to 470Mhz.

I use a Kirisun DP 405 handheld and a Hytera MD 655 mobile radio with a Zara 40 antenna. Both radios are Digital Migration Radios and work very well in digital mode on the ORRA frequencies. The comms in digital mode is crystal clear.

Well I am now officially a VHF radio user (uhm just need to install it)