Walkie Talkies

[Scratchy Snippet]

Been having a look at walkie talkies for keeping in touch this year, but have heard there might be problems with interference etc, anyone had any experiences in years past?

Seen a pair for £18 here…

http://www.bigboxshop.co.uk/searchresults_...m?productid=852

Not sure if they're any crack though?

[ukdaasfan]

Only work at short distances. And can interfere with other channels....

[ILIKEWALLS]

in 2003 we had fun eaves dropping on other peoples convos and going "sierra oscar to base" ect. other than that they were f**king useless

[sweaver]

we used them at V a couple of years ago, but so did so many other people which meant that we were sharing a frequency with other people - good banter, but never really worked when trying to speak to who we wanted to.

[mrfunk]

we used them at V a couple of years ago, but so did so many other people which meant that we were sharing a frequency with other people - good banter, but never really worked when trying to speak to who we wanted to.

[Prest02000]

They are good for on the way down if your in a bit of a convoy and every car has one.

ASDA have some good ones with 8km distance

[Dav0s]

is it really that hard to get a signal on your mobile at glasto?

[Fredd]

PMR446 8 channel walkies are cheep, but not much use at Glasto.

The overcrowding is massive, and made worse by the fact that people use CTCSS codes thinking they are actually on a different frequency, then just talking over everybody else. This is made worse by them often being sold as 304 channel walkies. (8 channels x 38 codes)

Still, ocassionally good for finding parties and certainly managed to help us with the wood pile in 2005.

Other options are:

Amateur radio, but you'll need a license and the rigs can be pricey although the VHF repeater in Wells (GB3WR) can accessed easily from the site.

UK General PMR. Again a license required, but no exam. Amateur/cheep chinese rigs can be used, although not type-approved for use. Old ex-police HT600E's available cheeply on eBay preprogrammed with the 3 UHF UK General channels.

Pirating using amateur/cheep chinese rigs. UHF PMR is quite congested on site, with 32 channels being allocated to the festival (27 in use)

Fredd

[JulesGouls72]

Have you tried a couple of plastic cups on string? problem is you need a big ball of string!!

[supergran]

is it really that hard to get a signal on your mobile at glasto?

[LusciousLucy]

Yes it really is hard. Unless you are on orange. Who by the way sponsor Glastonbury.

It is worth buying an Orange PAYG sim (if you mobile is unlocked) if you want to keep in touch.

[deaniw]

I agree the 446 style radios (typical radios bought in supermarkets, etc) are quite useless due to the congestion.

IW festival organisers have now moved off of the 446 radios to UK gerneral frequencies so no longer able to listen in on these radios, sorry folks... They where having the same problem.

For the best comms at resonable priceI know someone who uses the 22ch US style radios, No congestion, same range etc. But beware these are not legal to use in the UK, but then again who is going to find you amongst thousands of people.

[Storm_NL]

They are good for on the way down if your in a bit of a convoy and every car has one.

ASDA have some good ones with 8km distance

[wessok]

Just did a search and found this thread....

I want to take some walkie-talkies to Glasto for fun and games...

Has anyone had any luck with a specific model? I wanna get one that might actually work...

[Dukeicon]

These are really good, long range, no one else uses them

Edited June 16, 2009 by Dukeicon

[wessok]

These are really good, long range, no one else uses them

[didsbury_chef]

bump, any recommendations anyone?

[muddyslingbax]

in 2003 we had fun eaves dropping on other peoples convos and going "sierra oscar to base" ect. other than that they were f**king useless

[Deepsky]

Tbh

+

=

FTW @ Glasto.

Took down my President Lincoln in 03 and was surprised at the amount of amatuer (or people WITH amatuer radios) users there were. Even cracked out to a home base down in the Yeovil area which was pretty awesome, but yeah in reality those little CB's are f**king useless and a waste of money unless, like has been said - you're in a convoy on the way down.

A hand held amatuer radio is really the only realiable way of doing it, but they're expensive just to buy one for glasto, and if you haven't got a licence i really wouldn't advise it.

btw, any breakers on here?

[karlpowell]

we take them every year , had a great laugh witht hem last year , have a bit of banter with other users .

but as for Communication with other member of your group whilst out and about ...feckin useless

the only problem is the security might mistake you as a drug dealer !!!!

[billyfenlon]

great laugh and actually worked a few times for us when looking mates from the pyramid to the other stage.

However on the thursday night we had a full chat with 4 other groups about "vetching" and then took the piss out of a few girls who were with us.

we sat one walkie talkie behind their tent then went back to ours and were saying "yeah its the girl with th blonde hair she throwing up on other peoples tents" she came straight out saying it wasnt her!!!

as we stood behnd her pissing ourselves. 1 hour earlier we put her tnet up for her but she was pissed lol

[robith]

We had some in 2008 to talk between cars to try and avoid the confusion that happens every year when we get to that round about on the A363

They didn't work and we spent 20 minutes heading back towards London again

[Filthy]

My friend passed the longdrops last year with a concerned crowd outside. A voice came up from the pit saying they were stuck. As she was a bit worse for wear she decided there were enough people to help so walked on. A few yards down the path she saw someone hiding, making the same pleas into a walkie talkie.

[llcoolphil]

PMR446 8 channel walkies are cheep, but not much use at Glasto.

The overcrowding is massive, and made worse by the fact that people use CTCSS codes thinking they are actually on a different frequency, then just talking over everybody else. This is made worse by them often being sold as 304 channel walkies. (8 channels x 38 codes)

Still, ocassionally good for finding parties and certainly managed to help us with the wood pile in 2005.

Other options are:

Amateur radio, but you'll need a license and the rigs can be pricey although the VHF repeater in Wells (GB3WR) can accessed easily from the site.

UK General PMR. Again a license required, but no exam. Amateur/cheep chinese rigs can be used, although not type-approved for use. Old ex-police HT600E's available cheeply on eBay preprogrammed with the 3 UHF UK General channels.

Pirating using amateur/cheep chinese rigs. UHF PMR is quite congested on site, with 32 channels being allocated to the festival (27 in use)

Fredd