mobile radios
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Walkie Talkies Ham UHF VHF Radio FM Handheld Transceiver 2-way Radio 16 CH K8900 $58.55 |
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Walkie Talkie UHF 8W 16 Channel Two-Way Radio FM transceiver for 2way talk K698 $66.88 |
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VOX / PTT Headset For Kenwood Two-Way Radio 2 PIN Black $0.99 |
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New FD56 Walkie Talkies 2-way Radio FM Handheld Transceiver VHF UHF Ham Radio $58.99 |
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Earpiece earphone Motorola two way radio 2 pin plug $7.99 |
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Two Way Radio Walkie Talkie UHF 7W 16CH 2way talk FM transceiver Portabl KPX-628 $58.55 |
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Covert Acoustic Tube Headset Uniden 2/Two Way Radios $12.99 |
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Covert Acoustic Tube Earpiece Uniden 2/Two Way Radio $12.99 |
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FD68 Walkie Talkie 2-Way Radio UHF / VHF for two way talk FM transceiver channel $58.88 |
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2X One Pair Walkie Talkie Portable Fashion Wrist Watch 2 Way Radio $52.22 |
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NEW Motorola Talkabout MR356R 2 Way Radio Walkie Talkie Set up to 35 Mile Range $79.95 |
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Puxing PX-2R UHF 400-470Mhz Ultra-small Portable Two-way Radio Walkie-talkie ak $49.18 |
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2 Way Radio TwoWay Two Professional Long Range Air Wireless Racing Area Remote $159.00 |
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Programmable UHF 2 way radio Walkie Talkie s r $95.39 |
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2pcs mini 2-way Radio Walkie Talkie Interphone Transceiver monitor LCD $19.99 |
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2* LCD Auto 2-way Radio Walkie Talkie Interphone Transceiver 5km long range $29.99 |
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Tait 2000 2 Way Radio Tait2000 Tait-2000 2-WAY Two Way Radio T-2040-523-010 $247.44 |
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TriSquare TSX100 Digital 2-Way Radio PN TSX100-2VP $76.31 |
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2pcs mini 2-way Radio Walkie Talkie Interphone Transceiver monitor LCD $19.99 |
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2* LCD Auto 2-way Radio Walkie Talkie Interphone Transceiver 5km long range $29.99 |
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S1- NEW 2 X RECHARGEABLE UHF TWO WAY RADIO HANDSFREE $180.08 |
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New Ham Dual Band Walkie Talkie 2 Way Radio Quansheng TG-UV2 VHFUHF+ Earpiece cn $95.81 |
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TYT TH-F8 VHF Handheld Dual Display FM DTMF 2-Way Radio $66.00 |
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2pcs mini 2-way Radio Walkie Talkie Interphone Transceiver monitor LCD $19.99 |
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2* LCD Auto 2-way Radio Walkie Talkie Interphone Transceiver 5km long range $29.99 |
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2X EARBUD HEADSET PTT MIC FOR MOTOROL 2 WAY RADIO – NEW $20.25 |
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New Throat vibrate MIC EARBUD 4 KENWOOD 2 WAY RADIO $28.75 |
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Puxing PX-2R UHF 400-470Mhz Ultra-small Portable Two-way Radio Walkie-talkie ak $44.26 |
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2 Hand-Free Earbud 4 Talkabout Walkie Talkie 2way Radio $16.90 |
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2X EARBUD HEADSET PTT MIC FOR KENWOOD 2 WAY RADIO – NEW $20.00 |
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TYT TH-UV3R Dual Band Dual Display Dual Standby VHF/UHF Portable 2-Way Radio $45.00 |
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Walkie Talkie 2-Way Radio Watch sport black 820 2PC $51.99 |
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Walkie Talkie Watch Power Set 2KM 2 Radio Way 018 2pc $52.99 |
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Puxing PX-777 400-470Mhz UHF 2-way radio PTT Earphone $69.90 |
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Puxing PX-888 UHF 400 480 MHz 2-way Radio FREE Program Cable software CD PTT $79.50 |
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Vertex Racing Team Pro Walkie Talkie 2-Way Radios New $1,889.00 |
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Ear-Hanger Earphone Earpiece for Kenwood 2-Way Radio TK-2107 TK3207 TH-F6A TH-F7 $2.50 |
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Vintage GE Full Power 40 Channel Help 2-Way Citizens Band Radio Model 3-5900 $19.99 |
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NEW FDC FD-880 (VHF&UHF) Dual Band Handheld 2-Way Radio $78.00 |
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TYT TH-F2 UHF 400-470Mhz Two-way radio + Earpiece $62.00 |
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TYT TH-F2 VHF 136-174Mhz Two-way radio + Earpiece $62.00 |
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Pair of New KENWOOD TK2107 136~174MHz VHF 5W 2-Way Radio+software+free shipping $139.00 |
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Cobra 2 way Radio $12.99 |
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Vertex FNBV-94 2 way radio battery $27.99 |
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Pair WOUXUN KG-669 VHF 136-174MHz Handheld Two Way Radios+Free 2 Earpieces 56A $159.00 |
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Pair WOUXUN KG-669 UHF 400-470MHz Handheld Two Way Radios+Free 2 Earpieces 003AS $159.00 |
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TWO FDC-150 VHF 136-174Mhz Handheld Two Way Radios + 2 Earpieces free 126 $149.00 |
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TWO FDC-450 UHF 400-480Mhz Handheld Two Way Radios + 2 Earpieces free 127 $149.00 |
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1 N TYPE to BNC ADAPTOR 2 WAY RADIO RF test equipment CONNECTOR BASE STATIONS $5.45 |
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Midland 2 Way Radio 18 Mile Rechargeable FRS/GMRS Walkie Talkie w/ AC Adapter $39.95 |
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Midland 2 Way Radio 24 Mile FRS/GMRS 36 Channel Walkie Talkie +NOAA Weather Scan $59.95 |
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MIC FOR MAXON PM100 PM150 SERIES 2 WAY TAXI RADIO MICROPHONE REPLACEMENTNEW $25.04 |
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MOTOROLA RDX SERIES 2 WAY RADIO (MODEL #RDU2080d) $1,724.00 |
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Midland 2 Way Radio 24 Mile FRS/GMRS Camouflage Walkie Talkie +AC Base+Batteries $49.95 |
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MOTOROLA RDX SERIES 2 WAY RADIO (MODEL #RDU4100) $1,798.00 |
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MOTOROLA RDX SERIES 2 WAY RADIO (MODEL #RDU4160d) $1,868.00 |
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MOTOROLA RDX SERIES 2 WAY RADIO (MODEL #RDV2080d) $1,724.00 |
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NEW Hands-Free Headset VOX and PTT Push To Talk 21-102 GMRS/FRS 2-Way Radio $14.95 |
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Maxon Midland SP-340 UHF 16 Channel 2-Way Handheld Radio Walkie Talkie w/Charger $95.00 |
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NEW two way radio Handheld transceiver ICOM IC-V82 VHF 2-way radio (A Pair) $180.99 |
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Bantam 2-Way Commercial Radio *NEW* Mil-Spec 2 Year Warranty, 16 Ch., UHF & VHF $139.00 |
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2 KENWOOD TK3100 WALKIE TALKIE 2 WAY RADIOS $59.99 |
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KENWOOD TK-3100 WALKIE TALKIE 2 WAY RADIO $19.99 |
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Acoustic Clear Coil Tube Throat Mic Headset for Cobra 2/Two Way Radio Finger PTT $17.98 |
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Cobra microTalk 2-way Radios $24.99 |
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Earpiece Adapter for Motorola 2-Way Radio HT750 PTX700 $1.00 |
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Throat Mic Earpiece/Headset Cobra 2 Way Radio MT500 MT700 MT725 MT900 MT-950 $16.98 |
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Vertex Hotel & Hospitality Walkie Talkie 2-Way Radios $590.00 |
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KAWAMALL Acoustic Throat Mic Headset/Earpiec​e for Cobra 2 Two Way Radio VOX $18.98 |
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MIDLAND GXT1000VP4 36 Mile 50 Km FRS GMRS 2 Way Radios $79.99 |
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MIDLAND GXT1000VP4 36 Mile 50 Km FRS GMRS 2 Way Radios $79.99 |
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Ear Hanger Headset For Kenwood Two-Way Radio (2 Pin) $3.50 |
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Cobra 2 Way Radio LI CO6550WX 40 KM Range $29.99 |
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MOTOROLA EM1000R 20 MILE 2 WAY FRS/GMRS RADIO $4.99 |
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Motorola Portable 2 Way Radios $150.00 |
Bbg Communications: History of the Mobile Phone
The history of mobile phones traces the development of handheld radio telephone technology from two-way radios appended to vehicles and handheld cellular telephones.
Two-way radios started to be in use in motor vehicles like taxicabs, police cruisers, ambulances, and the like. They were not yet classified as mobile phones since they were not yet connected to the telephone network. That being said, it was not possible to dial phone numbers from two-way radios. Later, a growing community of mobile radio users, who were known as the mobileers, popularized the technology that would eventually lead to the early mobile phone.
The first mobile phones were permanently installed in vehicles, but the versions that followed such as the so-called transportables or “bag phones” were equipped with a cigarette lighter plug so that they could also be carried, and thus could be used as either mobile or as portable two-way radios. In the early 1940s, Motorola has designed a backpacked two-way radio, the Walkie-Talkie and later developed a large hand-held two-way radio for the use of the US military. This battery powered “Handie-Talkie” (HT) was as big as a man’s forearm.
In December 1947, Bell Labs engineers Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young recommended hexagonal cells for mobile phones. Philip T. Porter proposed further that the towers be at the corners of the hexagons rather than at the centers and have 3 directional antennas that would receive into 3 adjacent hexagon cells. But the technology didn’t exist yet then and there was not yet any frequency allocated. It was not until the early 1960s when cellular technology was introduced by Richard H. Frenkiel and Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
The first use of radio telephony in Europe was documented to be on the first-class passenger trains in Germany between Berlin and Hamburg in 1926. At about the same time, it was also first introduced on passenger planes for traffic security. It was also in Germany where radio telephony was introduced on a large scale, for the use of German tanks in the Second World War. Post-war, the German police made use of unused tank telephony equipment to run the first radio patrol cars in the British zone of occupation. . But the use of radio patrol cars service was limited to trained specialists on the use of the equipment. Ships on the River Rhine were among the first to use radio telephony with an untrained end customer as a user, in the early 1950s.
The MTA, which was the first fully automatic mobile phone system, was developed by the Swedish company Ericsson and was commercially released in the country in 1956. It was the 1st system that didn’t need any kind of manual control, but was at the heavy side of 40 kilo’s. A leaner upgraded version, at 9 kgs was introduced in 1965, called the MTB, which was with transistors and utilized DTMF signaling. It had 150 customers during its initial launch, up to 600 when it shut down in 1983.
In 1967, the use of a mobile phone neccessitated staying within the cell site all throughout the phone call is made, which was serviced by one base station. Because of the stand-alone design of each cell site, this did not provide continuity of automatic telephone service to mobile phones moving through several cell areas. Continuity of calls while moving through several cell sites was made possible, according to BBG Communications, in 1970 with Amos Joel., another Bell Labs engineer’s invention of an automatic call handoff system, which allowed this process.
AT&T, in December 1971, submitted a proposal for cellular service to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In 1982, 11 years after AT&T’s proposal submission, the FCC gave its approval for an Advanced Mobile Phone Service and allocated frequencies in the 824-894 MHz band. In 1990, Analog AMPS was replaced by Digital AMPS.
About the Author
Broderick Booth Goran
BBG Communications
Advice on a good MOBILE Ham Radio for General Class?
Getting my general class license next month. Was wondering if anyone has any recommendations on a good radio for mobile use in my truck. I’ve been looking at the Yaesu FT-8800 and FT-8900. Anyone use anything ele and like it and why?
I’m principally an HF operator, so my main rig is an Alinco DX-77T, which is a pretty nice radio.
I have a Yaesu FT 2200 for 2 meter FM, and I have a dual band HT for both 2 and 70cm. There isn’t a lot of 440 operation around here, so it’s my first foray into UHF, and I’m trying it out.
I looked at the ARRL product reviews. If you’re a member you can get a better angle on the radio you want, the reviews are in pdf format going back a long way, and running up to November of 2008 (the new issue of QST arrived a few days ago in my mailbox).
I can give you a sense of what I read. The 8800 seems like a nice dualbander, but the reviewer suggested that it will take some time to get used to programming it. The instructions call for you to hold the button down momentarily, which for him was a second or two. When he did this, he overshot the mark he was after. He found that the time they saw as momentarily, was much less. You could get used to it with time, however. The detachable front seems like a great option, if you plan to hide the main part of your radio somewhere out of sight of thieves, never a bad idea, particularly if you will be out of the truck for any period of time, and in our economic situation, a transceiver would look expensive even if the person didn’t know what it was for, and I’d sooner lose a 100.00 remote control head than a 400.00 transceiver.
The putting the rig in a location that was more open to the air, rather than under the dash, might be a good idea. The reviewer said it ran a little hot, and while the fan runs by thermostat, I’d say more space around the back of the rig the better.
I had only read a few paragraphs in the review for the 8900, and I thought again. It is a quadbander, but the reviewer, who was station manager for W1AW and works with lots of radios, right out of the box, said that he had to read the manual before operating it. I always do that, anyway, but it sort of made me leery of this.
The other thing I noticed was that the rig runs FM on the whole 10 meter band, while the allocation is only at the very top, so you’d have to watch your band edges pretty carefully.
Enjoy the rigs, and enjoy the hobby.
AB9BD first licensed in 1968 (as WN9AOF).
XTL 2500 Mobile Radio 2008
