motorola t 800 talk about radios

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.

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

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?

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

Bumpyroad wrote:

the blurb also mentioned pinpointing the location of your "buddy".
evidently has more uses than a "ham" radio.
thanks,
bumpy

Do a search on APRS. APRS It's not too complicated to understand.
Hams have been using just such location radios for over 25 years.
APRS is also a lot more useful and much farther range than just using a cell phone that doesn't have a connection and a Motorola low power radio that may only get 1-2 miles in ideal conditions.

From what I can tell, the locator feature works when the radios are connected to the phone app and the phones are receiving a tower signal. If the phones are off-grid, the app uses off-line maps. Radios in this price range typically don't have GPS receivers and phones don't either...phones triangulate your location from nearby towers. Off-grid messaging between to phones uses the app to send messages over the radio's frequency.

There are a handful of hand held ham radios in the $150 price range that do have built in GPS receivers and support texting...but you have to be willing to obtain the license.

Fizz wrote:
Lets see if I got this right.

You need a phone and a radio at both ends.
No cell service but you want to send a picture to your buddy.
The radios hook up and you can move stuff back and forth over the phone.

I suppose it does have it's uses.

the blurb also mentioned pinpointing the location of your "buddy".
evidently has more uses than a "ham" radio.
thanks,
bumpy

Fizz wrote:

twodownzero wrote:
Get your ham ticket and you can get a 25 dollar radio on Amazon that will allow you to talk for 30 miles under the right conditions.

But can you send images, text, maps etc. back and forth.
That's what this radio seems to be able to do, as long as you also have a phone.

Not with the 25 dollar radio, but the answer to your question is yes. Who do you think envisioned and developed your smart phone, wifi, TV, text messaging, etc.? That person was probably a ham radio operator; those sorts of things were first done without a fancy network in a much more crude fashion before someone formalized and monetized it.

twodownzero wrote:
Get your ham ticket and you can get a 25 dollar radio on Amazon that will allow you to talk for 30 miles under the right conditions.

But can you send images, text, maps etc. back and forth.
That's what this radio seems to be able to do, as long as you also have a phone.