Website Updates: Off-RoadComms.com

[elkaholic]

Been working on making things a little easier to find on the site as well as expanding some choices.

I now have pre-made kits ready to go

Radio Kits

We have bundled together popular and recommended product combinations to make your selection of a radio system easier. If one of these does not meet your needs, please contact us and we will help you with a solution for your needs. Featured Brands are

off-roadcomms.com

Some roll bar clamps to ease mounting of radios and antennas

Accessories

Most of these accessories ate not "necessities", but a few certainly become so once you use them. Most of these itesm will improve your user experience or make installation easier.

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I am working on getting my hands on a couple of more powerful radios and better quality handhelds but the supply chains are getting a bit stretched and I am trying to keep price points reasonable.

Remember that I have Hondasxs discounts!

Honda SxS Discounts

First, I want to thank everyone for the welcome. This group got me heavily involved in riding SxS / UTVs after being an avid off-highway vehicle enthusiast for years. At the moment, I am not a Honda rider but I do have a lot of friends here and I want to help support what has to be one of the...

hondasxs.com

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[Todd627]

The site layout looks good @elkaholic 👍

 

[elkaholic]

The site layout looks good @elkaholic

Very kind of you sir


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[russknight]

What is the highest wattage dual band you can get?

 

[elkaholic]

What is the highest wattage dual band you can get?

That is a loaded question. If you’re looking for a handheld I am thinking between 10 and 15 watts but it will be speedy. In mobile radios (vehicle mount) I can get a 40-50 watt model at a reasonable price (programmed). I have yet to find a waterproof on though.

Even the high quality ICOM and Kenwood mobile radios typically top out at 50 watts because of RF radiation issues. There are a few at higher power levels but they get very speedy - as in $500 and up. Now that I have my ham license I am looking at one of those for my truck.


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[russknight]

What about this one?

 

[elkaholic]

What about this one?

Which model in particular? Yaesu is a great brand but your link did not take me to a specific model


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[russknight]

The link takes me to the YAESU FT-857D.

 

[russknight]

Never mind, apparently it's been discontinued. I think it's been replaced with the FT-891.

 

[elkaholic]

Just now seeing this. Notifications are all fubard on Tapatalk ...

The FT-891 is an HF rig and you will need a HAM Technician license as a minimum to legally operate that one. A general class would be better. That transmits at 1.8 to 54 MHZ (160 - 6 meter wavelength). As a reference, 2 meter is in the 145 MHZ range and at the top end includes MURS. GMRS is in the 70cm range (460-465 MHZ)

Mobile antennae for that are long (6’ and up) heavy and expensive.

If you stayed in the 6 meter band width (50 - 54 MHZ) the antennas are reasonably priced (about 40-50) and about 4 feet long.

The issue four our use here is nobody runs these radio frequencies in our groups. You could likely make a contact with the outside world in an emergency, but that person could be several hundred miles away.

In short, a good radio just not a good fit for UTVs


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[Dirtstiffs-1000]

Hey,
If you guys - girls are thinking about getting in on a 2 way radio system for your side by side, I'd highly recommend you work with Sam (Elkaholic) at
off-roadcomms.com
He's a great guy and patient with those of us unfamiliar with 2 way radios. He offers quality equipment at reasonable prices, understands the technology, great communication and is also a club vendor.
I highly recommend Offroad Communications Home

Take advantage of their' Ciber Monday sale.

 

[CMB]

Hey I just wanted to say thanks for the quick delivery and discount on my recent purchase. Good Job 👍

 

[PJon]

Been working on making things a little easier to find on the site as well as expanding some choices.

I now have pre-made kits ready to go

Radio Kits

We have bundled together popular and recommended product combinations to make your selection of a radio system easier. If one of these does not meet your needs, please contact us and we will help you with a solution for your needs. Featured Brands are

off-roadcomms.com

Some roll bar clamps to ease mounting of radios and antennas

Accessories

Most of these accessories ate not "necessities", but a few certainly become so once you use them. Most of these itesm will improve your user experience or make installation easier.

off-roadcomms.com

I am working on getting my hands on a couple of more powerful radios and better quality handhelds but the supply chains are getting a bit stretched and I am trying to keep price points reasonable.

Remember that I have Hondasxs discounts!

Honda SxS Discounts

First, I want to thank everyone for the welcome. This group got me heavily involved in riding SxS / UTVs after being an avid off-highway vehicle enthusiast for years. At the moment, I am not a Honda rider but I do have a lot of friends here and I want to help support what has to be one of the...

hondasxs.com

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As a comment, the Midland MXT GMRS radio can be used with a headset also. Just make sure that your connector cord is for an Icom radio.

 

[elkaholic]

As a comment, the Midland MXT GMRS radio can be used with a headset also. Just make sure that your connector cord is for an Icom radio.

That is good info. I assume you are referring to the MXT400. It and the 275 use a RJ45 mic connector where the other models use a different connector


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[PJon]

That is good info. I assume you are referring to the MXT400. It and the 275 use a RJ45 mic connector where the other models use a different connector


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I'm referring to the MXT275. The Rugged Radio cord for an Icom plugs directly into the side of the microphone. You still use the mic to control volume, channels and other functions, but the headset has its own volume control, boom mike and push to talk button.

 

[PJon]

Here’s a photo of my radio setup. Midland MTX275 mounted above roll bar in the gap to the OEM roof; Rugged Radio over the head headset with boom mic, volume control and push to talk and a Rugged Radio connector cord (ICOM style is the only one that fits in the side of the radio mic). Because we usually stay on one channel, once the radio is turned on I don’t have to do

anything with the mic. I just tuck the mic cord between the headrest and the mid screen. Additionally, the radio can be programmed so that you can hear through the headset and the radio speaker or aux speaker at the same time.

 

[elkaholic]

Got it. I had not noticed the Jack’s on the side of the MXT275 microphone ... probably because I have a 400 in my Jeep


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[PJon]

The system works well. We have a lot of hill’s separating our groups sometimes and it’s always easy to hear the lead and the tail of the group.

 

[elkaholic]

The system works well. We have a lot of hill’s separating our groups sometimes and it’s always easy to hear the lead and the tail of the group.

Yes, the Midlands are good radios. I have found the antennas to be OK but they are also the limiting factor on these radios. The performance is really exceptional with upgrades to the antenna and coax.


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[PJon]

Yes, the Midlands are good radios. I have found the antennas to be OK but they are also the limiting factor on these radios. The performance is really exceptional with upgrades to the antenna and coax.


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Yes, the antenna the radio arrived with is pretty Mickey Mouse. I set mine up with a Laird no ground plane and a lot better coax cut to length for my mounting. Also mounted the antenna high on the rear roll cage but completely under the plastic roof. The first mounting stuck up above the roof about 3” and it was ripped off on the first ride while going under branches.