The Motorola one has been discontinued and a much better one launched.

I think its called TA6000 or something. I know a guy who works for 'em! I'll have a dig around and find out more about prices and specs.

Rgds,

B

 

Letdown

Agreed, i was trying to do something about it.

Paul

 

Anyone know where I can get these for a good price??? or want to sell 1/2????

 

Would you be so kind as to put non Scooby stuff in the Non Scooby forum

Many thanks

Pauul

 

Sorry Paul, general question for a walkie talkie for Scoob meets. A lot of the guys have them.

 

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Paul Habgood:
<B>Would you be so kind as to put non Scooby stuff in the Non Scooby forum

Many thanks

Pauul[/quote]

Sorry but the vast majority of threads in this forum (General Questions) have zip all to do with Subaru's.
You have a look its not even 50/50

 

Plantie, bear in mind that the 288 uses a non-standard connection for headphones/mikes. The TA200 whilst not as good (slightly larger, no re-chargeable batteries) uses standard accessories.

Even if the TA288 is discontinued., the point might still be valid for whatever you end up buying....

Matt

 

Ref Paul Habgood`s comments:

I am in complete agreement, but, may I suggest that the subject heading "General Questions" is to say the least ambiguous.

To eliminate this problem (if in fact it is a problem) wouldn`t it make sense to make the heading:
"General Subaru Related Questions"
thus falling in line with the other heading "Non Subaru Related"

SCOOP

 

Given that this thread is still in the General Questions forum anyway I'll add to bit about the original question.

You may scoff but I just bought 2 Binatone handsets for £49.99 from Argos for use on a recent trip to France. For general communication when travelling in convoy they were excellent and certainly a lot more convenient than having to use a mobile phone.

I can't really comment on their range over longer distances but they did the job for us. I did look at the Motorola ones but IIRC they were at least £100 each.

Andrew

 

I think what they use at some of the meets are PMR446 2 way radios, The Link sell them at around £50-60 a pair, It does not matter what make they are as long as they are PMR446 compatable.

 

Yes but remember the cheaper models only use the first main 8 channels. The models like the goodmans and the motorola use 8 main channels with I think 30 or 31 sub channels.

Most scooby people use channel 7/25 a cheaper unit would not be able to pick this up.

The goodmans are the cheapest unit that have this feature, they are £79.99 for a twin pack at Argos / Index...

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by NeVeTaS2001:
[B]Most scooby people use channel 7/25 a cheaper unit would not be able to pick this up.
B]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Looks like I just wasted £70 on a pair of Cobra handsets then

 

Ouch!

Can't you take them back and get a set of goodmans??

 

Plantie,

Mate if you wanna go for the Goodmans from Argos or whatever, hows about halves, as its a two pack for 80 quid, we both chip in 40 and job done

Cheers,
Neil

 

I'll grab them today fella!!!!

See you thursday!

Hope you enjoyed your B'day!!!

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by NeVeTaS2001:
<B>Ouch!

Can't you take them back and get a set of goodmans??[/quote]

Nope, came in one of those shrink packs u need a hacksaw to open So can't just box em up and return!

Moral of the story post a question before u purchase

B

 

banshi,

i gotta pair of Cobras, and they are great!!

What model do you have, and what does it not do??

mb

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by boomer:
<B>banshi,

i gotta pair of Cobras, and they are great!!

mb[/quote]

Hiya m8, think it could be a 220 but I'll check tonight. Just seems to have the main channels so wouldn't pick up 7/25.

 

Nice one neil

Top b'day cheers mate, see ya thursday

 

Plantie,

I'm assuming they only have one instruction manual too? Any chance you can photocopy and bring along on thurs too

cheers m8

 

Neil, Already thought of that!

Done and dusted.

 

Geezer

Sorted - nice one

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by banshi:
<B> Hiya m8, think it could be a 220 but I'll check tonight. Just seems to have the main channels so wouldn't pick up 7/25.

[/quote]

banshi,

mine are microTALK PMR 300s.

See

 

boomer
Just checked, even worse they're 110
Still it maintains continuity keeps the performance on par with my driving.

Same with the Scooby, saw the car seemed the right product, seemed the right price. Now then what was I told about learning from your mistakes?

Thanks for the help

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by NeVeTaS2001:
<B>Yes but remember the cheaper models only use the first main 8 channels. The models like the goodmans and the motorola use 8 main channels with I think 30 or 31 sub channels.

Most scooby people use channel 7/25 a cheaper unit would not be able to pick this up.

[/quote]

We tend to use 2/1 up here in the Midlands, which avoids this problem, and others!

Remember not all sub-channels are the same on different makes!

Do a search on 'PMR', there is a lot of info in there.

Chris