UK Walkie-talkies 2017

[SteveG4wwk]

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>BTW I was amazed when a friend who I suspect of having Prepper >leanings showed me the walkie talkies he has.
>
>They are PMR446 units, but they are from the much respected ham and >commercial manufacturer Icom.
>
Forget all 446PMR sets
Easiest way into VHF 5 watt walkie talkies is go to Maplins and buy a pair of MITEX Sport vhf
http://mikeromeo.org/resources/MITEX_BUS...RADIOS.pdf
on 164MHz - 173Mhz 5watts

Although i'm not sure maplins still sell Mitex Sport VHF, they seem now to only list Mitex UHF?
Lots of other dealers sell them
In the box you will find the simple business licence application form
(£75 for 5 years)

Then if you need more than a pair of VHF walkie talkies, add cheap Baofeng UV5r, etc, to your network, your licence covers many