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Trail Comms

What about these. ? Im a dummy wen it comes to this stuff. Read alot over ladt few days. These seem good.
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Not sure which model of Rugged Radios were used, but at RBD 2019, the trail leader and tail gunner each had a radio and that's how everyone in the group kept up without lots of waiting/turning around to just turn back around etc. They were both in quieter rigs, so not sure how well they would work with louder rigs.

I have yet to use my Rugged Radios on a trail, but hope to change that soon after talking to Rugged last week.
 
I bought the programming software from RT Systems ($50ish bucks shipped to my door) that allows you to add/remove/change frequencies on the Rugged Radios and I'd also assume it can be used on Baofeng units, but not 100% there. So I added the 3 Ultra4 related frequencies before the race at AOP. Friday and Saturday I was finally able to listen to Race Ops for Qualifying and for the races. So after a year and a half of having those radios, I finally got to use them and like them.

I have the RH-5R V2 radios that are supposed to have a 1-3 mile range. Wife and I tested them the other day and got about 1.5 miles of range with the big antennas, so I feel like that is sufficient for most trail rides.
 
Follow-up. Have used the radios on a two vehicle road trip and absolutely loved having them vs having to call each other back and forth or just not communicating.

Used a mixture of Baofeng and Rugged Radios at RBD and absolutly love having good trail comms. The Baofeng's are definitely more user friendly to use and reprogram. Was able to do a quick Google search and add the needed channels to the Baofeng's since the Rugged's require a laptop and programming software.

All in all, I feel like every group trail ride needs at least two radios (one for the leader rig and one for the last rig).
 
I was part of @ridered3 group during RBD and I rode as the last rig on Saturday.
Being able to radio to the leader was definitely nice and we saved some time and aggravation during a couple breakages.

A friend loaned me his baofeng radio with a Rugged helmet, and I must say I absolutely loved having a helmet on, even when not using the radio function. Less noises in general and easier to focus on line picking and general driving. I loved it so much I started looking into an intercom for the buggy (for driver/pass coms with helmet on and streaming music). May have to wait a little for that since they arent cheap, but I'm really sold on them.
 
You can use the hand held with in car coms. In car coms allows you to talk to the passenger, listen to music, and talk to another rig with a radio plugged into it. All you would need to do is wear the head sets with the microphone.
 
You can use the hand held with in car coms. In car coms allows you to talk to the passenger, listen to music, and talk to another rig with a radio plugged into it. All you would need to do is wear the head sets with the microphone.

I don't think you can get hand free voice activation that way and everyone on the same frequency can hear your convo. Not a fan.

Plus it's impossible to stream music via bluetooth without an intercom (or a $400 helmet).

I'm looking into a 696 intercom plus AlphaBass or HL22 ultimate Headsets.
 
That works in theory but not always in the real world. Been left numerous times over the last few trips, so figured radios are the next best option to try.
Agree, that works some of the time. Also the biggest issue we run into is when some rigs can't hit certain trails due to difficulty, we get separated. Bypass and meet us at the end doesn't always work. I need to get radios but haven't. Do yall have everyone in the group certified to use them?
 
bumping this up.....what it still the best option...I notice Rugged Radio no longer sells the RH-5R V3 style radios.
It looks like they are back up on their site
 

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