Motorola frs radio's
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:28 pm
Motorola talkabout T5100.
The cheap 1/2 watt radio that can at best get you a half mile range.
I was eyeballing mine the other day and decided to pull one of them apart and found the antenna was nothing more than a twizzled paper clip.
I am looking for opinions on modifying the radio to have a BNC connector and a proper 6" UHF whip (450-490 mHz) actually the modification was really easy and has already been done, all I need to do is buy the whip.
What would be the down side? would the radio be "shocked" by how well it can rx and tx? or would I be throwing something completly out of balance? or should I never mind, go test and post back the results....
I suppose I could just go buy a 5 watt commercial radio and plant the gmrs/frs frequencies in there and have all the power and range, but where would the challange be in that?
The cheap 1/2 watt radio that can at best get you a half mile range.
I was eyeballing mine the other day and decided to pull one of them apart and found the antenna was nothing more than a twizzled paper clip.
I am looking for opinions on modifying the radio to have a BNC connector and a proper 6" UHF whip (450-490 mHz) actually the modification was really easy and has already been done, all I need to do is buy the whip.
What would be the down side? would the radio be "shocked" by how well it can rx and tx? or would I be throwing something completly out of balance? or should I never mind, go test and post back the results....
I suppose I could just go buy a 5 watt commercial radio and plant the gmrs/frs frequencies in there and have all the power and range, but where would the challange be in that?