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[Wilim Penbras]

Greetings,
     My lady and I purchased two Motorolas from Wal-Mart for ~$20each.  the have the full 20 bands,  accept headsets that the more expensive models use and are powered by two AA batteries.  With regular use at an event expect to replace the batteries once per event or twice with heavy use.  They of course use less battery just listening so if some of your people just need to know what's going on and send the occasional message than a single set of fresh works an entire event.

     While some are better than others, at a site like Canton they work wonderfully.  The worst situation we had occur was when someone in the field had low batteries and had to talk to troll we sometimes set up a chain of communication until they could get fresh batteries.  I've used most brands and the biggest difference once you get into the full FRS band radios is battery life as opposed to transmission distance.

In Service,
     Wilim Penbras
     Chief Troll - Defender AS XXXV

PS:  Warlord is huge but 500+ for my first time as Troll Chief at Defender was Fun.  (Managing to keep it Balanced was fun too)
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Roy Heath <the_one_true_roy at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 11:29:27 -0800 (PST)

>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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