"Small" Tactical

[ReconTech]

Well, I got bored again, and decided to take out the "mini" "tactical" accessories:

 

[Josh]

What is the electronic thingie?

 

[AlexGT]

It´s a transceiver!

"Revolutionary Credit Card Sized VHF/UHF DUAL-BAND Micro Transceiver"

I wonder what the area range is for that thing, 5? 10 miles?

http://www.alinco.com/usa.html

http://www.alinco.com/Products/DJC5T.shtml

 

[Monsters_Inc]

Err, that black pen looking thing is a writing instrument right?

 

[Wits' End]

Pretty good for ~$150. Must be nice to have in a city well served with repeaters. What do you find for range. I can hit a repeater link that has an auto patch in Duluth. But not with the terrain around my house. Nice to have in town though.

 

[dano]

Moved to Cafe...

--dan

 

[ReconTech]

The Alinco is just great for size, and that it has a Lithium Ion battery. I love it for around the city. We have two repeaters here that I talk on a good bit, and they are both within a few miles of me, so that 300mW radio is great for that. Plus it fits in my Royal Robbins 5.11 pants pocket quite well (just like regular bdu pocket).

The pen is a Fisher Space bullet pen. I love that one too, works great in all conditions, starts a bit clumpy but it does work...

 

[Roy]

Plus the Alinco will receive out of band. It will receive most public service and police freqs! Great little radio! We call it the "Credit Card Radio".

 

[FC.]

I don't know jack about ham radios. Can somebody show me the way?

 

[Anarchocap]

Pay pal sent... I'll take two!

 

[webley445]

It doesn't receive trunked systems does it? Where I live 90% of public saftey uses motorola Type II or Edacs.

 

[ReconTech]

Webley, No it doesn't receive trunk, and doesn't receive 800mhz, so its useless for that..Really I have never seen a scanner which can hold even an inch to a Motorola Trunking radio...Of course, even my ham stuff is Motorola gear, because it wins hands down.

MTS2000 radios are way better than uniden/radio shack, etc scanners...