On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:02:44 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message news
"Ignoramus24945" wrote in message
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I would like to buy some jobsite radios that let us communicate in
200-300 yard range max, and that are decently made. Looking around, a
lot of things seem to be overhyped and not durable/usable enough.

Would anyone recommend any specific make and model.

Thanks

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A lot of construction sites I have worked on in the last decade prohibit
jobsite radios. The claim (and its happened) is that the clamor of the
radio may make it more difficult for somebody yelling for help to be heard.

If allowed... I'd say a cheap one. They are going to get knocked off,
kicked, and broken.

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DOH!

I guess I should read the whole post. About a million years ago I used
Motorola Trunk radios with a phone patch. It was great. All the guys had
communication with each other and access to a phone line for business.
Because everybody else important enough to have a radio could hear what they
were talking about they tended not to abuse it. On the few occasions when a
wife or girlfriend threw a public tantrum because their guy was working late
II 'd but in and say, "Excuse me. This is a public channel. Everybody in
the company can hear this." For that one in a million when they wouldn't
take the hint I'd just send the disconnect command from my radio.

The last few years we just used our cell phones. My son and I dialed in
many a network video system in real time on large sites with our cell phones
on speaker in our shirt pocket.

My son and I used Voxer on our cells while hunting.

Pete Keillor