Live and Learn

[lenny]

Following the exploits of this weekend away in the wilds ,I,ve learned of two more "must have,s" for the future

1) Walkie talkies

2) A reversing spotlight for the rear of the van

Why?, the last time in this area I learned that our mobiles were useless cos of poor signal and impossible to keep in touch with each other in case of emergency, Walkie talkies saved the day ,this weekend

Also whilst searching for new sleepyspots under the cover of darkness ,I came unstuck once or twice where I found the route inaccessable , reversing at night is a nightmare when your door mirrors show blackness when having to shunt back and forth to get turned around.
Maybe a spotlight under the rear bumper wired up to the reversing light would solve the problem

 

[lenny]

I dont think that the walkie talkie would have a good range except to talk to the person behind you while reversing in the dark
But a reversing spot light, yes yes yes, what a good idea

The walkie talkies I borrowed from work had a range of 3 miles,supposedly ,but 1 mile would be enough, just to keep in touch with the bairns, I will have a spotlight fitted ASAP

 

[Deleted member 4053]

walky talky

Lenny
we purchased a set of 4 walky talkies with that problem in mind .
Tried them out in the woods here and got reception up to about 3/4 mile
they are probably a line of sight reception.The old CB sets were supposed to be for 10 miles but as you know they could DX in certain conditions for 100 miles
I have spoken to Jersey from Montrose on car CB. No doubt our experts on the site will confirm the ranges.
have fun
weez
Tony

 

[Trevor]

I had a cb with sidebands and when the skip was right i spoke to stations all over the world.

 

[messenger 2.5td]

Live and learn

I think these cb sideband sets were never legal only 27 mhz or 49 mhz good idea of walkie talkie for keeping in touch with your party though.we are all constantly learning Lennybet your name is mud in your house,Andy.

 

[Airecraft]

If you use your rear fogs when reversing into blackness they help a lot.

 

[Trevor]

I think these cb sideband sets were never legal only 27 mhz or 49 mhz .

Hi messenger,
Yes you are right the AM rigs were never legal, only the FM one's which came along later.
Walkie talkie's seem to be the best option but I don't think they would be any good if you were somewhere like the Lake District or the highlands of Scotland.
However they did save the day for Lenny so they have to be a good thing to have in your van.

 

[camping_gaz]

do you know they have done away with the CB license now for fm so one less expense if it was to make things easer, and as you can hear its still quite entertaining if your in Sheffield,found this on youtube http://uk.youtube.com/user/SheffieldCB which got me to fit one.

 

[jimmnlizz]

In an emergency situation you can always remove your rear light lens and swap brake light bulbs for side light bulbs! Used to do this on docks when dropping trailers at night! JIM