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  • 18-07-2010 9:33pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭


    ok lads was thinking of getin some comms sometime in the near furture,and i need to know........
    (1)if i got any radio,would it work with everyone else's radio????(EG:say 1 from argos)
    (2)where would be the best place to get 1 that would last????
    (3)and if possible price range to be a t least under 100e!!

    your help would be appreciated gents :D
    thanks James.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    daxter wrote: »
    ok lads was thinking of getin some comms sometime in the near furture,and i need to know........
    (1)if i got any radio,would it work with everyone else's radio????(EG:say 1 from argos)
    (2)where would be the best place to get 1 that would last????
    (3)and if possible price range to be a t least under 100e!!

    your help would be appreciated gents :D
    thanks James.

    You will probably get a spat of different recommendations because really, there is no right anwser here.

    The lidl radios were very much and still are a fad around the sites. I got a set, and didnt get along well with them. While they were great for the average site here, when you went to bigger sites it was a disaster.

    Now guaranteed someone will come on saying how they got a fine experience with their lidl radio over long distance.

    I cant tell most of the time if its someone telling the truth, or someone just blowing steam defending their product. From what I experienced they were crap outside of a small site.

    Radios are pretty much streamlined in that any brand can communicate with any radio once they are able to join the same channels. So I have a Motorola and you might have an Argos one, but once we are on the same channel its grand.

    What you need to look into is a number of key headings.

    Durability
    Your radio will take a pounding, regardless of what pocket you have it in. A radio tends to be quickly forgotten about. You tend to pop it into your vest, belt or pocket at the start of the game and thats it,so in the thick of it rolling around etc, your radio gets bashed. You want something that will stand up. I personally use a Motorola which is indistructible at this stage, was on my belt from a long time getting bashed, muddy and wet, works like a charm.
    Quality
    You want a radio that transmits clearly and receives clearly. Now bear in mind you probably wont want to use a radio without a headset for obvious reasons, a radio blaring off gives away your position to the annoyance of you, and anyone near you. You want a radio that is clear and crisp.
    Range
    This is where the price difference comes into play really. All radios have different powers. I used to work in Argos and we used the radios that are sold for communication between till staff, stockroom staff etc. The range on them is pretty dire. A stockroom is usually the length of a football pitch, and they can struggle to be clear at that range. They were incapable of transmitting clear through walls also. So be aware your not always in the open field, you need something that will get through obstructions.
    Battery life
    You want something that will obviously last a day and wont need a change. High end radios batteries tend to last along time. My XTN batteries get charged once every 4-5 games or so. No use having a radio thats battery dies mid game. AA batteries are an ok option in that you can quickly change them, but they tend to run out quickly, and if your a dude, you wont ever throw away those dead batteries, you will put them back into your pouch with all the batteries, dead and alive.
    Headset connections
    Pretty important. You want something that will allow you to choose from a range of headsets. There is commonly
    2-pin
    1-pin
    They then break down into model/brand connections, motorola for example requiring their own connection.

    A radio with a simple 1 pin connection gives you the best options. You can get a good selection of different types of styles, be it bowman, throat etc, and they tend to be cheap enough. But be warned the quality can also be cheap.

    2 pin can be commonly assosiated with high end radios, now whilst the selection is less, and the price is more, the quality is usually a good bit better.


    In summary, a radio is a pretty essential tool, if your a milsim enthusiast. If you play skirmishes regularly, dont bother imo, they are useless. I leave the radio in the bag every time I skirmish for a number of reasons, mainly being.

    1) No one knows how to use their radio properly
    2) No one knows how to communicate properly
    3) no one generally gives a **** when you relay information anyway

    If your buying a radio expect to spend between €60-€150 including a headset of good quality.

    This is money easily and well spent if you play games regularly that require a radio of good quality.

    But if your skirmishing there is really no need. for example if you can tell us where you play mostly, we can tell you if you actually NEED a radio, and perhaps the money is better spent on something like midcaps etc ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭daxter


    TheDoc wrote: »
    You will probably get a spat of different recommendations because really, there is no right anwser here.

    The lidl radios were very much and still are a fad around the sites. I got a set, and didnt get along well with them. While they were great for the average site here, when you went to bigger sites it was a disaster.

    Now guaranteed someone will come on saying how they got a fine experience with their lidl radio over long distance.

    I cant tell most of the time if its someone telling the truth, or someone just blowing steam defending their product. From what I experienced they were crap outside of a small site.

    Radios are pretty much streamlined in that any brand can communicate with any radio once they are able to join the same channels. So I have a Motorola and you might have an Argos one, but once we are on the same channel its grand.

    What you need to look into is a number of key headings.

    Durability
    Your radio will take a pounding, regardless of what pocket you have it in. A radio tends to be quickly forgotten about. You tend to pop it into your vest, belt or pocket at the start of the game and thats it,so in the thick of it rolling around etc, your radio gets bashed. You want something that will stand up. I personally use a Motorola which is indistructible at this stage, was on my belt from a long time getting bashed, muddy and wet, works like a charm.
    Quality
    You want a radio that transmits clearly and receives clearly. Now bear in mind you probably wont want to use a radio without a headset for obvious reasons, a radio blaring off gives away your position to the annoyance of you, and anyone near you. You want a radio that is clear and crisp.
    Range
    This is where the price difference comes into play really. All radios have different powers. I used to work in Argos and we used the radios that are sold for communication between till staff, stockroom staff etc. The range on them is pretty dire. A stockroom is usually the length of a football pitch, and they can struggle to be clear at that range. They were incapable of transmitting clear through walls also. So be aware your not always in the open field, you need something that will get through obstructions.
    Battery life
    You want something that will obviously last a day and wont need a change. High end radios batteries tend to last along time. My XTN batteries get charged once every 4-5 games or so. No use having a radio thats battery dies mid game. AA batteries are an ok option in that you can quickly change them, but they tend to run out quickly, and if your a dude, you wont ever throw away those dead batteries, you will put them back into your pouch with all the batteries, dead and alive.
    Headset connections
    Pretty important. You want something that will allow you to choose from a range of headsets. There is commonly
    2-pin
    1-pin
    They then break down into model/brand connections, motorola for example requiring their own connection.

    A radio with a simple 1 pin connection gives you the best options. You can get a good selection of different types of styles, be it bowman, throat etc, and they tend to be cheap enough. But be warned the quality can also be cheap.

    2 pin can be commonly assosiated with high end radios, now whilst the selection is less, and the price is more, the quality is usually a good bit better.


    In summary, a radio is a pretty essential tool, if your a milsim enthusiast. If you play skirmishes regularly, dont bother imo, they are useless. I leave the radio in the bag every time I skirmish for a number of reasons, mainly being.

    1) No one knows how to use their radio properly
    2) No one knows how to communicate properly
    3) no one generally gives a **** when you relay information anyway

    If your buying a radio expect to spend between €60-€150 including a headset of good quality.

    This is money easily and well spent if you play games regularly that require a radio of good quality.

    But if your skirmishing there is really no need. for example if you can tell us where you play mostly, we can tell you if you actually NEED a radio, and perhaps the money is better spent on something like midcaps etc ;)

    well ive been skirmishing for about a year now,and i wos thinking of shiftin up a gear and start goin to a few weekend milsims when there on! and i have me mid caps n all the rest the radio is the last piece of kit i need for now at least!:D.
    i mostly play in hellfire bray,but probably will be mainly hellfire carlow when its up and running(both more or less woodland sites)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 609 ✭✭✭JonnyTwoCombs


    I have the Aldi ones, and have used them in hellfire.

    I found them a little hit and miss. In some sections of the site I got a crystal clear reception, while in the other parts it wasn’t so good. :(

    (even when the sender was in my line of sight) :eek:

    I’ve also used them in the old HRTA. They seemed to work much better up there. :D

    All in all, they’re not a great radio, but good enough as a starter radio and would be fairly effective in the small to medium sized sites in and around Dublin.

    If on the other hand you plan on heading to Senny in the near future, then I’d follow the advice of Doc and invest in something a bit more high end.


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