Super Dave
Newly Enlightened
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- Nov 2, 2005
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Gents,
I'm looking to replace the Motorola Talkabout radios we have at work. I would like something smaller and we only need about a mile range at the most. It will be used by mostly female caregivers in a 9000 square foot elderly care facility.
I've tried a couple of different channels, but it seems that they still pick up signals from other radio equipment and they make unexpected noises that are annoying and disruptive to our work envioronment.
I'd be curious if anyone knows of something better.
On the other hand, the Motorolas are still working after a year and get the job done. Each unit comes with a charger and rechargeable 3.6v NiCd battery pack that doesn't last the whole 8 hour shift. Some of the battery packs have died. The radios will also run on AA alkalines. If I put some good rechargeable AA's in there, would they charge in the Motorola charger that came with the units? That would be great to get longer run times and the staff would not have to hassle with charging the batteries seperately.
Thanks,
Dave
I'm looking to replace the Motorola Talkabout radios we have at work. I would like something smaller and we only need about a mile range at the most. It will be used by mostly female caregivers in a 9000 square foot elderly care facility.
I've tried a couple of different channels, but it seems that they still pick up signals from other radio equipment and they make unexpected noises that are annoying and disruptive to our work envioronment.
I'd be curious if anyone knows of something better.
On the other hand, the Motorolas are still working after a year and get the job done. Each unit comes with a charger and rechargeable 3.6v NiCd battery pack that doesn't last the whole 8 hour shift. Some of the battery packs have died. The radios will also run on AA alkalines. If I put some good rechargeable AA's in there, would they charge in the Motorola charger that came with the units? That would be great to get longer run times and the staff would not have to hassle with charging the batteries seperately.
Thanks,
Dave