Last edited by Arctic Lake; 10-16-2020 at 01:59 PM.
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To all that replied! As you probably know by now I’m very detailed oriented (Anal) and like to know the facts and as someone once told me “ It is a smart person that can explain things simply to the uneducated !”
So I appreciate all of your responses to all of my questions on all things !
Arctic Lake
Member of CCFR Would encourage you all to join today !
Read Teddy Roosevelt “ The Man In The Arena “ !
Legally yes you need a license to operate the radio on logging roads or anywhere else. You apply for the license through Industry Canada. The radio that is licensed under your name is assigned a frequency you are authorised to use. Technically to use any other frequency you need written permission from the owner of that frequency.
Last edited by mike31154; 10-16-2020 at 06:17 PM.
You probably wont find any first gen UV5 out there any more. UV5R will be second gen. and more than likely you will get third generation radios if you were to order today. Received 4 UV5R HP 8watt radios today and they all test at over 9.5watts on less than full charged batteries. one at 9.9w. Got 5 of the same a couple weeks ago with similar results. Yes the radios are all illegal to transmit on but the RR guys sure appreciate it when you have one. Just use it like a scanner and keep out of their way.
Get a Baofeng UV-82 and the programming cable.... And google how to program the channels you want in it. They're super easy. The everyday off the shelf radios are all pieces of crap. It's very similar to your Icom but a 10th of the price.
https://baofengradio.ca/collections/...00-520-mhz-uhf
Okay thanks for the heads up on using them. Would be nice to have one to use as a scanner if that is legal. Avoided what looked like nice hunting area on a map because the access road had a lot of industry traffic on it.
I have a Garmin Rhino. If you buy it out of the US you can sneak in a 5 Watt. The thing I like best is that it shares my location with the other people in my party who also have them. So everyone checks in at specific times during the day and we can see on the map exactly where everyone is. Then if need be track right to them. Works great. Of course it’s a walk-in talkie too.
"When you judge another you don't define them, you define yourself."
The current crop of GMRS consumer radios are hit and miss (mostly miss). Since I'm hunting (or skiing) and it's cold I put my radios in the freezer for while to see if they still work. Most fail the test. The power drops off, the frequency drifts, the setting reset -- they're not designed for cold temperatures.
Decades ago we were having comm issues and tested our commercial radios in an environmental chamber -- they failed too. You get what you pay for.