motorola t 800 talk about radios

Seems everything is going Blue in the Tooth today.. I even read an article where a "Blue Tooth" (literally a tooth that was blue) was archaeologically significant.

I see no point i linking a Cell phone to a walkie talkie. Though I can see one to linking it to my big ham radio but Well. I still do not often do it (And then only for the receive side) Though my new ID-5100 comes with an optional blue tooth device I do not have or wish and an Andriod app..

I"m still learning the physical linked controller.

Garmin makes the Rhino series that allows voice and GPS location of the other Garmin Rhino radios.

Maybe I missed something but in the store, they said the radio is not capable of communicating voice from the cell phone, (that's the purpose of the radio) just data. Basically he said the app on your smartphone takes information you designate and transmits it over the radio signal to another connected radio to that person's cell. The idea is when you have no cell service, the radio acts as the radio wave for a data link between radio to radio and each radio acts as link to the app on your smartphone via BT. Did I understand them correctly?

ItsyRV wrote:
Maybe I missed something but in the store, they said the radio is not capable of communicating voice from the cell phone, (that's the purpose of the radio) just data. Basically he said the app on your smartphone takes information you designate and transmits it over the radio signal to another connected radio to that person's cell. The idea is when you have no cell service, the radio acts as the radio wave for a data link between radio to radio and each radio acts as link to the app on your smartphone via BT. Did I understand them correctly?

does that mean that you can use the "system" TO TEXT BETWEEN the two users? since most folks are addicted to texting, that might be sufficient, along with sending a photo of that 24 point buck you just saw.
bumpy

Bumpyroad wrote:
does that mean that you can use the "system" TO TEXT BETWEEN the two users? since most folks are addicted to texting, that might be sufficient, along with sending a photo of that 24 point buck you just saw.
bumpy

I believe you can text but you're not texting through your carrier (AT&T, Verizon, etc) like normal but thorough the radio app on your smartphone and only to those who also have a radio setup in your group.

One thing they did mention is that if you're in an area with no cell service but the person you're communicating with has cell service, you can text to them and they can text it out to anyone using their cell service.

To be honest, they indicated this is more for groups trying to find and communicate with each other and isn't for communicating outside your little reasonably close to each other group.

every thing it does works only through the app on your phone once you connect your phone to the radio with blue tooth.
the app shows what it does Motorola Talkabout app
the app is in the apple app store also.

It seems to make more sense now that I looked at the app. Each user needs a phone plus the radio. The radio just becomes the link between each user. If the radios are using digital modulation their range could be much better than voice.

YC 1 wrote:
It seems to make more sense now that I looked at the app. Each user needs a phone plus the radio. The radio just becomes the link between each user. If the radios are using digital modulation their range could be much better than voice.

if one went the Ham radio route, doesn't that mean that everybody would require a radio (of course) and also a ham license?
bumpy

Bumpyroad wrote:

YC 1 wrote:
It seems to make more sense now that I looked at the app. Each user needs a phone plus the radio. The radio just becomes the link between each user. If the radios are using digital modulation their range could be much better than voice.

if one went the Ham radio route, doesn't that mean that everybody would require a radio (of course) and also a ham license?
bumpy

Yes, probably. The Technician exam is pretty easy and opens up the vast world of VHF/UHF. Above 30 MHz, a technician class operator has everything I have. VHF/UHF radios are super cheap now. Even a 4 watt handheld goes a long way.

what about something like this:
Uniden Atlantis 295 Handheld Floating 2-Way 6W Dual Band GMRS/VHF Marine Radio - Camouflage
GMRS plus VHF?
bumpy