Handheld Ham Radio

I bought 5 pairs of these for use at a resort during a family vacation. They worked great! We had 13 people, including 70 year old grandmothers and 11 year old kids – they all had no trouble figuring out how to use them (though I did pre-set the channel and sub-channel on all 10 radios before handing them out to make sure wed all be on the same channels).

The resort was medium sized (about 400 rooms, 5 restaurants) and they worked everywhere on the grounds and between rooms. It was a great way to keep in touch! I was hesitant about the battery life based on some reviews Id read, but we had no problems. We left them on all day (though didnt talk alot) and never ran out of juice. We did set them in the charges overnight – mostly as a convenient place to store them, but probably didnt need to everynight.

We did have 1 of the 10 which, when placed in the charger, didnt make contact with the charging contacts. But my husband just placed a simple rubberband over the two antennas to hold them slightly together, and that placed enough pressue to keep it in contact. These worked great for our purposes!

WWe just love our new Walky-Talky, 2-way radio from Motorola. Easy to use and practical. Directions for using them took a little while to figure out. But, love, love, love the flash light, emergency alert and weather features in them. Handy size for purse or pocket. Durable and attractive. Has a good looking charger base that can be left visable in a room. You cant go wrong with these for 2-way communication.