Which bike to bike radios should i buy?

[IanNicky]

No, it's fixed at half a watt. If you want a more powerful kenwood radio, get the tk359 for £30, you can program them to the pmr frequencies with either 0.5w, 2w or 4w. You can also put an external antenna on them, which makes a big difference.

'Legal' pmr radios are restricted to 0.5w (unless you have a business license) and are not allowed a removable antenna. Not sure how intaride gets away with it on the A80.

Is that an easy / straight forward job, or does it need cables and software for the PC to program a tk359 frequencies??

 

[mr_magicfingers]

Is that an easy / straight forward job, or does it need cables and software for the PC to program a tk359 frequencies??

The ebay seller I bought them from programmed the 16 basic pmr channels in for me, at 2w. I bought the programming cable from ebay for about £4 and the software runs under dos and can be downloaded from the internet. I already had a copy but the ebay seller offered me a copy too.

It takes time to enter all the frequency details into the software, one by one, so the ebay seller only did one set, which is fine and I can play with it when I have time if I want to have other freq's or power settings available.

 

[Big Si]

I got the Kenwood 3201 as did a mate of mine (not from Autocom but on expert advice from an ex-Autocom staff member, from a co. in Bromsgrove called "Crystal........"something or other). It was approx £75 cheaper than one supplied by Autocom themselves. They fitted the system and it works a treat as far as I'm concerned

 

[IanNicky]

The ebay seller I bought them from programmed the 16 basic pmr channels in for me, at 2w. I bought the programming cable from ebay for about £4 and the software runs under dos and can be downloaded from the internet. I already had a copy but the ebay seller offered me a copy too.

It takes time to enter all the frequency details into the software, one by one, so the ebay seller only did one set, which is fine and I can play with it when I have time if I want to have other freq's or power settings available.

thanks for the info, wish i had looked into this more before buying all the autocom bits for the 3201 im wondering now if i could modify my 3201 battery iliminator

 

[mr_magicfingers]

thanks for the info, wish i had looked into this more before buying all the autocom bits for the 3201 im wondering now if i could modify my 3201 battery iliminator

If you've bought the combined eliminator and connector, then no you can't use them as they're only capable of delivering power to a radio running at half a watt. If you run 359's at 2 or 4 watt you'd risk damaging the autocom.

If you bought a separate eliminator then it's quite likely it would work if you're happy butchering it. The two pin connector for the mic/earpiece is the same across the kenwood range.

Alternatively, you might contact autocom or whoever you bought it from and ask if you could exchange it for just the appropriate connector and source a battery eliminator from ebay.

I'm planning to do a little photo set of how I've sorted my radios out next week when I have a bit of time.

 

[IanNicky]

If you've bought the combined eliminator and connector, then no you can't use them as they're only capable of delivering power to a radio running at half a watt. If you run 359's at 2 or 4 watt you'd risk damaging the autocom.

If you bought a separate eliminator then it's quite likely it would work if you're happy butchering it. The two pin connector for the mic/earpiece is the same across the kenwood range.

Alternatively, you might contact autocom or whoever you bought it from and ask if you could exchange it for just the appropriate connector and source a battery eliminator from ebay.

I'm planning to do a little photo set of how I've sorted my radios out next week when I have a bit of time.

Thanks again for the info look forward to your pics of what you have done