Wireless Phone Service

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:34 am

Yes, they do... if you mean FRS/GMTS units. They work awesome, tho it gets congested later in the week. Didn't stop me from adding one to my aresnal this year...

Actually, it was added for me, but I was gonna anyway.

Some of us run 2m or 440 ham handie-talkies. Those work well, but to be legal you need a license.

The Org has their own freq's and we run walkie talkies all over to communicate.

So in a nutshelll - YES. You STILL can't communicate off playa easily or cheaply, however... even with a ham rig. Even the org and outside agencies have relay systems to communicate with the outside (and they have to regularly). Seriously.

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hunter S · Post by **hunter S** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:35 am

iunones, walkies work well if you can find a Chanel that isn't crowded, the old CB radio was the way to go for us last year. Pain in the ass carrying the car battery around with us

I think your radical self reliance attitude is the key! time seems to evaporate on the playa, just think like a sponge and take it all in! communication out side of the real and personal is just cumbersome! Hunter

MrMullen · Post by **MrMullen** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:20 pm

Bay Bridge Sue wrote:Yes, they do... if you mean FRS/GMTS units. They work awesome, tho it gets congested later in the week. Didn't stop me from adding one to my aresnal this year...

What I did to avoid having this problem is that I got Motorola radios that have "privacy" channels and then pick a "privacy" channel on one of the FRS frequency. The privacy channels don't keep other people from hearing you, but keep you from hearing other people's chatter. It worked like a charm on Friday and Saturday.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:52 am

They can be fun just to hear the mindless chatter on the playa.