This is phenomenal, Lewis, thanks! I've been looking for something quite like this lately. I love the fact that it's essentially expandable system as well. The audio quality sounds really quite good, and I'm really surprised that it's full duplex. Very cool, cheers!
RM, suggestion for a video, though it's a long shot: when I was little we had toy Star Trek communicators, which were walkie talkies. They had the flip up lid on the front and came in a pair. They also had a base station unit that looked like a console panel on the Enterprise, presumably Lt. Uhura would use it. I think they were on a CB channel, don't remember which one, but we could hear truckers talk to each other on nearby highways. These things are rare today, but if you were to find a working example in your travels it'd be cool to see you do a run down.
The noise cancelling feature looks to be working very well. A set of three looks to be about$1000 usd when I looked on amazon. For me, I guess I'd prefer something that would have more range.
Have you seen those Retekess TT105 tour guide radios before? They work on 2.4 GHz and digital modulation. I find them quite interesting as I can't find any other commercially available radios for this band.
I think 350 meters is a good range for this frequency and using digital. I don't know how many people have home phone today, but this frequency range (1880 - 1900Mhz) can be really busy in some locations.
Archer Space Patrol... I recall having the slim 49 MHz units with no morse key, the bulkier units with a code key and legend on the front, the big boxy base station which was also a shortwave and CB receiver, and the headsets which were grey with orange foam with the grey belt box. 49 MHz was great fun. 73's
The sound quality is that of a lot of older Cisco IP phones. Not perfection but definitely usable. Apparently solidcom hub has some ausio IO on it for other systems
Wow, the price is a killer! I’ll stick with my mil surplus Bowman PRR radios. Bought five over a decade ago when they were cheap with headsets and belt pouches. I even obtained the special Lemo connectors from cut offs from bad headsets. This allowed me to make compatible low profile. headsets from commercially available headsets. It’s a bit bulky having a wire to the headset but the headsets used are what many call the two piece FBI in ears headsets. The units operate in the ISM band and are not encrypted but they have a five hundred meter range in open ground and I can also talk up to three floors between units in a commercial building.
I've been waiting for somebody to produce a Bluetooth hub that can link a two pairs of noise cancelling wireless headphones to each other and an ipad or tablet, so that the missus and I can talk to each other whilst watching movies when flying. It's a pain to have to stop a video and remove one side of your cans every time one of us wants to say something.
Well its intended for commercial use in production enviroments and not really as a simple radio, so you are probably not the target audience of this product ^^
@@hyperfluff_folf Definitely _not_ the target market, like most of this channel's viewers, that's why I'm wondering why Lewis is plugging them. Well, we know why, because he was sent them for review. Lewis is free to refute that.
I'm very happy for Lewis to review stuff that is outside my price range in order to provide me a higher level of awareness. On a similar note, I'm happy for him to review number stations when I don't intend to set up one of these either. 🙂Seven, three, oblique...
I was quite impressed by the resistance to wind. Looks like a very decent comms and this was an excellent review with the real world test.
This is phenomenal, Lewis, thanks! I've been looking for something quite like this lately. I love the fact that it's essentially expandable system as well. The audio quality sounds really quite good, and I'm really surprised that it's full duplex. Very cool, cheers!
RM, suggestion for a video, though it's a long shot: when I was little we had toy Star Trek communicators, which were walkie talkies. They had the flip up lid on the front and came in a pair. They also had a base station unit that looked like a console panel on the Enterprise, presumably Lt. Uhura would use it. I think they were on a CB channel, don't remember which one, but we could hear truckers talk to each other on nearby highways. These things are rare today, but if you were to find a working example in your travels it'd be cool to see you do a run down.
The noise cancelling feature looks to be working very well. A set of three looks to be about$1000 usd when I looked on amazon. For me, I guess I'd prefer something that would have more range.
These are very popular in the boating world. Used for comms between the skipper and crew on the bow and stern of the boat when mooring up.
Was a great demo Lewis. They worked really well 👍
Thanks rog
I would look like a Walt using them anywhere other in a work environment 😅
How do you wear these with a bike helmet?
dope
The batteries look interesting, very close in appearance to the Fujifilm WP-126. Wonder if there's interchangeability, although the Fuji is 1250mAh.
Oh really?
That’s handy to know!
Have you seen those Retekess TT105 tour guide radios before? They work on 2.4 GHz and digital modulation. I find them quite interesting as I can't find any other commercially available radios for this band.
I think 350 meters is a good range for this frequency and using digital. I don't know how many people have home phone today, but this frequency range (1880 - 1900Mhz) can be really busy in some locations.
They remind me of old radio shack 49 Mhz ones which I still have. run on 9V battery and not much range. 73's
You’re right!
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Archer Space Patrol... I recall having the slim 49 MHz units with no morse key, the bulkier units with a code key and legend on the front, the big boxy base station which was also a shortwave and CB receiver, and the headsets which were grey with orange foam with the grey belt box. 49 MHz was great fun.
73's
The sound quality is that of a lot of older Cisco IP phones. Not perfection but definitely usable. Apparently solidcom hub has some ausio IO on it for other systems
I really like the headphone itself with the rotating arms, I need to find one like that which can attach to a Baofeng.
These would be fantastic for crew comms on a yacht.
Very good reviews Lewis....they have place in comms world no doubt
These would be great for horse 🐎 back riding. If they had a behind the head setup for use with helmets.
What exactly do you mean by "can't be monitored or at least not without software and some hacking"? These look very interesting, and not too pricy!
Another great video Lewis! The best from LB1NH 🙂
Wow, the price is a killer! I’ll stick with my mil surplus Bowman PRR radios. Bought five over a decade ago when they were cheap with headsets and belt pouches. I even obtained the special Lemo connectors from cut offs from bad headsets. This allowed me to make compatible low profile. headsets from commercially available headsets. It’s a bit bulky having a wire to the headset but the headsets used are what many call the two piece FBI in ears headsets. The units operate in the ISM band and are not encrypted but they have a five hundred meter range in open ground and I can also talk up to three floors between units in a commercial building.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing.
I'm curious as to how well these would perform in an urban/downtown-like environment with tall buildings filled with steel girders and such.
U gonna connect it to the fast food places to order food 😂
Similar to what motorcycle riders have been using for quite a long time.
These are a direct clone of the Eartec Ultralite. They have been around longer and are cheaper than these. I love the Eartec product. it's very good.
Nice one Lewis. 👍 from me
Thanks 👍
i hope i can get this in the USA.
Remind you of anything?:
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I've been waiting for somebody to produce a Bluetooth hub that can link a two pairs of noise cancelling wireless headphones to each other and an ipad or tablet, so that the missus and I can talk to each other whilst watching movies when flying. It's a pain to have to stop a video and remove one side of your cans every time one of us wants to say something.
check the new _"Bluetooth MultiPoint Advanced"_ devices like the Sony WH-1000XM5 and a few others that have started flooding the retailers shelves. 😽👌
@@kittytrail I'll check that out, thanks 👍👍
they're exactly 50x more expensive than a baofeng bf-888s. so either a pair of these, or cheap radios for me and 99 friends for the same price
You’re missing the point completely. These are nothing like a Baofeng and are designed for a different type of user
@@RingwayManchester my point the only user this pricing makes sense for is the one subsidised by the government. a zero here and there doesn't matter.
Can you put it on both sides of the head?
I wouldn't spend £500 of my own money on a pair, that's for certain, and I bet you wouldn't either, Lewis.
Well its intended for commercial use in production enviroments and not really as a simple radio, so you are probably not the target audience of this product ^^
@@hyperfluff_folf Definitely _not_ the target market, like most of this channel's viewers, that's why I'm wondering why Lewis is plugging them. Well, we know why, because he was sent them for review.
Lewis is free to refute that.
I'm very happy for Lewis to review stuff that is outside my price range in order to provide me a higher level of awareness. On a similar note, I'm happy for him to review number stations when I don't intend to set up one of these either. 🙂Seven, three, oblique...