Hey, what's up brothers Viper here and today we'll go over the subject some of
you guys have been asking us to do. Today we'll be talking about two-way radios or
as you may know them walkie talkies.
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doing what we're doing which is to help you guys out there regarding these kind
of subject. Which will not only make you guys smarter, but will also save you
money because you avoid buying yourself trash. Now, we know some channels out
there that have tried to give some sort of explanation or guide regarding the use of
two-way radios for Airsoft purpose. But since this stuff has to do with legislation.
It can quickly become an illegal practice. Like almost everything else that has to
do with Airsoft. Anyway the things we mention in this video will
obviously not only be for the use of radios in Airsoft but also for whatever
outdoor hobbies people do for fun. So today we go over the legislation part as
well as what you should look out for when getting yourself a handheld walkie talkie.
Now, the reason why you need a radio is surely obvious, but when it
comes to the use of communication in Airsoft and Milsim it is somewhat essential.
If you're part of an Airsoft team it can almost not be missed.
But even if you're not a part of a team and just lone wolf through the field to
enjoy a day of shooting at people.
*snipers*, sorry.
Having a radio that's connected with your team or squad gives you at least the ability to estimate the
situation on the field due to the input of others. And that alone already gives
you a tactical advantage. So, when it comes to legislation regarding the use
of personal radios we'll cover everything for people living in the EU.
For the guys living in the USA you want to search for what's called the FRS
license-free and the GMRS licensed services.
But most of the stuff we'll cover about the EU services, the radio choices and
their options shall also be applicable for you guys on the other continent.
So, let's jump right into it. The information I'm about to mention regards handheld
two-way radios or walkie talkies. These are capable of both transmitting and
receiving frequencies which is why they are also called transceivers.
As I just mentioned these things work on certain frequencies, but the use of frequencies
itself is restricted. Because you don't want to end up using your local police
frequency or stuff like that. For the use of such frequencies it can either be
licensed or non-licensed. Now, some companies and the authorities obviously
require to use radios for whatever they do and they use licensed frequencies.
Being licensed means they are closed frequencies and may officially only be
used by these companies or authorities and others may not use them.
And this is what some guys for teams prefer to do as well for Airsoft purpose, but this
requires a fee every few years or so. On the other side there's also the license-free
frequencies for amateur usage. In the EU this falls under the PMR446 service.
Here PMR stands for Personal Mobile Radio and the 446 is the
frequency it operates on. Namely 446 MegaHertz. Now, in order for you to use
this free service you do need to comply on strict regulations and that's where
most people go wrong and risk being prosecuted if caught. These restrictions
require you to use a radio with a power output of maximum 0.5 Watts or 500
milliWatts and in some countries like mine the device must have a fixed non-removable antenna.
Not at hard right? Well, next time you go on the Airsoft
field take a good look around. You'll be surprised of how many people are not
aware of this stuff and are actually breaking the law.
As if Airsoft isn't controversial enough already. Yet again, this is mostly due to
people either being unaware and the crappy Chinese brands out there that
don't give a shit about the laws in the rest of the world and produce stuff people
buy here that they actually may not use over here. So again guys and I can't say
it enough, be aware of the stuff you buy. But if you're watching this you're
taking a step in the right direction, because that means you care about doing
it right and without taking the risk of potentially harming our sport.
So, thumbs up for you guys. Now, if you follow these restrictions you will get a range of
about a few hundred meters in an urban environment while in a more open
environment you'll get a few kilometers. And that should be more than enough for Airsoft usage.
Okay, so furthermore when it comes to the use of this license-free
service, you are able to use 16 channels with analog FM devices. Digital radios
that fall under the TDMA regulation can use the same 16 channels as the analog
radios and the digital ones that fall under the FDMA regulation can use up to
32 channels nowadays. Most radios you'll find today are built and programmed with
the first 8 channels for analog and the first 16 for digital FDMA radios since
the newly added channels are only recently allowed since January 2018.
Most radio manufacturers have pre-installed these license-free channels and these can
mostly be found as the first 8 up to 32 channels you are able to select on those devices.
So for Airsoft purpose these are the channels organizations and marshals
refer to what the different teams may use. For example team red can use channel
1 and 2 and team blue may use channel 3 and 4. But some radios do not have these
PMR channels installed already and that requires you to do it manually.
For this it's possible you either need to do it through a computer which
requires some tech experience or you can directly do it with a keypad on some radios.
For this you obviously need to know the correct frequencies. The list of
these frequencies can be found by simply searching
for the PMR 446 channels on Google. Another thing you need to know is
as I mentioned before the frequency these things work on is the four-hundred
and forty six MegaHertz frequency, but in order to make people use different
channels within that MegaHertz range and not be interfered by one another.
The amount of kiloHertz in these frequencies is adjusted. These are the numbers that
you find after the 446 on those channel lists.
Now, some brands also add extra pre-installed sub-channels into their radios above the PMR446
channels. But since these are sub-channels they can also interfere with
the regular PMR channels. So, that covers all regarding the legislation and
technical terms. Let's go over to the radios themselves. As I told you
regarding the frequencies, radios can be divided in both analog and digital
radios. There is a difference between them and it's quite big. So let's start
with the most common analog ones. Analog radios work by sending out a continuous
stream of electrical signals. These signals can be easily interfered by
other users and natural events such as storms for example. The signals analog
radios use also fade over distance until they reach their maximum distance and
turn into white noise.
When it comes to voices in loud background environments, they can be well heard and understood with analog radios.
But for each channel only one two-way conversation can take place at a moment and when it comes to
pricing they are fairly cheap in general. The more modern digital radios on the
other hand work by the use of mathematical code in block segments and
when it comes to these signals, they stay strong and clear over their entire range
and can go better through concrete and walls
unlike the analog electrical signals. Such digital radios are provided with
more features like status buttons and enhanced text messaging. They are also
more reliable and allow for more simultaneous talking paths.
Digital radios provide a clear sound with less interference and also they can
distinguish voices from background noises due to an algorithm.
When it comes to battery life they can last up to 30 to 50 percent longer than their analog
competitors, because a digital transmitter is not constantly on.
Also the defense against eavesdropping is much better with digital radios, because
the technology is much less common and not yet supported by most scanners. And
like mentioned before when we talked about frequencies, digital radios can
also operate on analog frequencies so they can be programmed to be compatible
with analog radios. But the downside of these is that when near too much presence
of radio frequency noises they can result in an error and digital radios
are in general more pricey than and the analog ones. So covering this info
will already give you an important matter of what sort of device you should pick.
But obviously there is more. So now that we covered these differences we can
go over to the different features that you may need for your specific usage.
First off, we'll go over reliability and toughness regarding these devices.
Because there's nothing worse than spending money on stuff that dies after
a few types of using it. Especially in more extreme outdoor environment, this is essential.
A minimum we suggest to look out for, if you do things like Airsoft is
a so-called ingress protection rating. This is always shown with an "IP" followed
by 2 digits and sometimes another letter this shows a level of protection
against solids and water. The first number after "IP" refers to the
strength against dust. This can be rated up to 6. The second number refers to
moisture protection which can be rated up to 9 and the last letter indicates
additional information related to the protection of the device.
The most common rating you'll find on these radios is the IP67 rating which means the device
is both dust tight and water tight up to 30 minutes when submerged under water up
to 1 meter deep. If you find an IP rating with other
numbers and don't know what they mean, you can look them up by searching for IP
ratings on Google. For even more extreme situations you can also look for the
so-called ATEX rating. Just so you know this means the device is made to work in
explosive environments. And for even tougher devices you may want to look out
for a so-called mil-std 810 rating. This United States military standard
shows that the device has passed through a series of tests. Going from resistance
against low pressures, to temperature shocks, to fungus, to pyro and gun fire
shock and even acidic atmosphere. So if you want your stuff to be doomsday ready
you might want to get something that got a mil-std rating. Now, some brands
divide their radios in so called consumer and business models. Whereas the
business ones tend to be much tougher against abuse, but don't let that scare
you off. Because the business models can mostly also be bought by
consumers as well. As long as they are license-free you should be fine.
Another thing you want to pay attention to is the battery life which is
especially a necessity for those longer Milsim events. For this you surely want
to look out for lithium-ion batteries. Since these are light, have a fast
charging rate and have a slow loss of charge when you're not using them. Also
remind that already the choice between an analog or a digital radio makes a
huge difference in battery life for radio devices.
Speaking of batteries, some radios are also equipped with a low voltage battery
indicator. So you know when it's time to recharge or replace the battery by an
extra charged one. So that's about it for the reliability
and toughness features. Now, what does such a radio usually come with besides
a battery. Off course a battery charger is one and some sort of clip to hook your
device onto something. Also one of the very basic
things you'll find on such device is a PTT button or push-to-talk. Like the word
itself says, nothing very fancy about it. Just push the button to make your
receiver into a transmitter and talk in the microphone to transmit your message.
*What the hell are you?*
I'm Batman.
For a more easier use, most radios are equipped with a mic-jack.
This enables you to connect the device to a microphone with
a separate PTT or an external speaker which allows you to use more tactical
products like a headset, a throat-mic or an earpiece for example.
Now, there are also things like dual PTT sets differences in mic-jacks and like I just
mentioned a lot of different comm systems available on the market.
But we'll cover that stuff in another video in the future. Like always, if we've made
it it will be available in the description down below.
So, what other technological features can be useful? Possibly the most important
basic features are the ability to lock your keep, so you don't accidentally
switch channels for example and the so-called beep tones. If you've ever used a
two-way radio you might have noticed that some messages someone sends at you
seem to start at the middle of the sentence. This is due to the fact that
there's a small delay between pressing the PTT in the actual transmission. So if
your body doesn't wait for a moment after pressing the PTT
and immediately starts to talk he will most likely get an answer like this back:
Could you repeat that please, because I didn't understand *** of what you were saying.
To solve this issue, some radios are equipped with those beep tones or
calling tones. This means your device makes a sound
when it's ready to transmit your message, so you get feedback for when you may
speak. A very common features you also get on all this type of two-way radios
is some sort of CTCSS or continuous tone coded squelch system, a DCS or
digital coded squelch a Sellcall function also called selective calling
function or a XTCSS function.
A squelch system is used to suppress the channel noise when the radio is not receiving a transmission.
But mind that a squelch function doesn't solve the interference issues
with others. It just covers them up. Now, privacy of your communication is also a
very important issue, especially for Airsoft and Milsim, because otherwise the
enemy team knows exactly what you're up to and then you can better throw away
your radios and just yell at each other. So, for a more private communication
two-way radios are also equipped with a scramble function.
Which basically allows you to use the same frequency as others do, but you don't hear each other, because
of a unique code only you and your friends or teammates use.
*This is an example to show you the scramble function*
SCRAMBLED: *This is an example to show you the scramble function*
Do notice that these functions don't privatize the channel you're using. It only minimizes
chatter of others. Another function that's mostly available these days is a VOX
or voice-activated transmission. This function makes your radio start
transmitting when you start to talk in the direction of the device.
This allows for a hands-free use and doesn't require you to use the PTT, but the thing with
the VOX function is that on most radios there's a slight delay, because the radio
needs to recognize that you're talking to it.
This means that the conversation
can be clipped and that's why most people repeat the first word to overcome this.
Viper, Viper do you copy.
Another very common feature is the ability to scan with your device. This allows you to cruise through different channels to find
active ones or to search for empty ones as well. And for the guys that want to
listen to their favorite FM radio channel that's also mostly an added feature.
So, these are the most common technological features, but off course
some radio brands provide their devices with special extra functions.
But it's for you to decide which features you really need. Off course to
use these functions I just mentioned you need to read the manual, because these
are somewhat slightly different to access for different brands and their
models and I think you and I, both are not really in the mood to keep this
going for another extra few hours. So furthermore, when it comes to such
technological features for the use of teamwork like in Airsoft or Milsim. It is
recommended that everyone within the group either gets a device from the same
brand or even the exact same radio. This will assure that everyone is able to use
all the features if they require to. At last a tip I can give you is, you best
search for the well known quality radio brands out there. Like always it will
cost you more at the cash register, but they will serve you a very long time.
Furthermore don't forget to participate in our dope monthly giveaways on our
social media or reconbrothers.com. Who knows you might be the next lucky
fella winning a quality product. Let us know in the comments down below what
radio you currently use. Don't forget to like, subscribe and hit about button to
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