ST - walkietalkies

[Ladyarabella]

Fearghus already has purchased 2 Motorola Talkabouts #fr60  for our personal
use.  Maybe I can persuade him to chime in and give you guys the details of
the ones we purchased so as to help facilitate your decision making process.
I would be willing to bring ours to your populace meeting if you guys would
like to play with them.

Arabella


> I'm not familiar with the term 'talkabout', but I'm assuming that this
refers to the Motorola
> professional radio units that we have been renting for several years.  If
so, this is
> something that has been discussed at various times in the past and decided
against because of
> cost and maintenance issues, but technology may be on our side now.
>
> I think this should be debated at a business meeting soon so that we can
have time to make a
> decision before warlord, but I think that radios operating in the FRS band
might be an
> excellent investment for the barony provided that we get the units which
operate on AA
> batteries and not the rechargeable litium ion or nickel cadmium battery
models.
>
> There are a large number of radios available from different manufacturers
with different
> feature sets but basically the same performance.  I personally favor the
Motorola brand T6300
> series because, while they are more expensive, they seem to be a good
quality product and have
> the full range of channels available.
>
> I would welcome hearing from anyone who has experience with any of the FRS
radios because my
> lady and I have been planning to purchase a pair of these for our personal
use before warlord
> anyway, so that might mean that the barony does not need as many right now
because I am
> currently the baronial pursuivant.
>
> --- Annette Brauer <mabrauer at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I was sent on a quest to price talkabouts for the use at Warlord.
> >
> > There has been some discussion about purchasing talkabouts.
> >
> > We are currently renting them for $270 for 8.  This is an expense that
we
> > incur every year.
> >
> > At Bestbuy I found Motorala Talkabouts 2 for $69.97 and the headsets are
> > $19.95 each, this was the sale price at Circuit City. To purchase 8
complete
> > sets it will be $439.49.  We spend $540 every two years to rent these.
> >
> > If we purchase talkabouts they can be used for all of the Steppes
events.
> > And of course be marked to identify them just in case one is misplaced.
> >
> > I would like to open the discussion among the populace to see if you
feel
> > this is something we should do.
> >
> > It is my feeling that this is worth the investment, as it will save alot
of
> > money over the years.
> >
> > In Service
> >
> > Ldy Mary Elizabeth
> >
> >
> >
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