Dinghy development: 2-boat tuning radios

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2-boat tuning radios

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Category: Dinghy classes
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Topic: 2-boat tuning radios

Posted By: Bruce Starbuck
Subject: 2-boat tuning radios
Date Posted: 25 Nov 05 at 1:12pm

Right, all you electronics experts, I need to pick your brains on this:

I'd like some 2-way radios for use when 2-boat tuning in dinghies. Each unit needs to have a combined earpiece/headphone and microphone-on-a-stalk thing, be waterproof and have hands-free operation.

It'd save ages when doing speed runs as you could talk to the other boat as you're sailing along instead of having to stop, come together and discuss each run.

Cheers!

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Posted By: Phat Bouy
Date Posted: 25 Nov 05 at 1:51pm

Entel do a rather neat radio HT640 (about £150 each) including various extras such as remote mike. They are waterproof to 1m for 30mins but perhaps the best bit is that you can get "throat mikes". Google for entel.

Posted By: Jamie600
Date Posted: 25 Nov 05 at 5:07pm

This is going to sound stupid, but have you thought about using mobiles?

I'm talking about old ones, that lie around for months after you have got a free upgrade.

I'm sure you could attach them to some kind of headband to make them hands-free, and unless it's really windy and you've loads of spray flying about, do they actually need to be waterproof?

If they do get wet, who cares? :o)

Seems a better option than £150 on a proper radio!

Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 30 Nov 05 at 9:50pm

We use these when skiing - they are good and pretty cheap and "splash" proof.

http://www.urbanjunkie.co.uk/product.php/185/0/ - http://www.urbanjunkie.co.uk/product.php/185/0/

I am sure they'd do the job.

Rick

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