GMRS Wristwatch

[LeoG]

It's cute.   And it works OK.

 

[Guest]

Hahaha I kept waiting for a punch line or something.   I can’t even imagine what those would be useful for.  It takes 2 hands to operate.  That’s worse then the bubble pack FRS radios. 

[Hoppyjr]

I thought the point of GMRS portables was to wear them on the belt (black basketweave, duh) and have the speaker/mic?

This watch definitely won’t impress the ladies like the belt worn handheld.

[GreggInFL]

That's old stuff.  Yawn.

[RayDiddio]

Now we await the GMRS shoe radio. But instead of CTCSS, it uses a new tech called "The Cone of Silence."

[SteveShannon]

8 minutes ago, RayDiddio said:

Now we await the GMRS shoe radio. But instead of CTCSS, it uses a new tech called "The Cone of Silence."

I’m waiting for a pen communicator “Open channel D”

And now we know how old we are!

[GreggInFL]

^ Ouch.

[WRXB215]

I hope they don't explode.

[RayDiddio]

1 hour ago, SteveShannon said:

I’m waiting for a pen communicator “Open channel D”

And now we know how old we are!

What ya say there, sonny?

[Guest]

Still like the communicators they used in Space 1999.

Would buy a cell phone on that form factor

 

[NotARubiksCube]

Summary: It's good for about 6 blocks in town, and maybe a mile with line of sight. (I couldn't understand what the video says was understandable so for me the distances cited are not realistic.) Didn't blow my panties off, but if I saw them in my thrift store for $6, I'd probably buy them.

[LeoG]

It's an FRS power GMRS on your wrist.  I bet kids would love them.  I remember walkie talkies in my childhood.  They could do 100 feet to 100 yards at the very best.  They were big with a huge antenna and the sound quality stunk.  This little wristwatch HT would take those old fashion HT to the floor.

[WRQI663]

Yeah, those kid walkie talkies -- I think Montgomery Ward's brand was something like "Airline"

How long did those telescoping antennas last ?? --- "can you hear me now?"

CBers complaining about the kids on 'their' channel

[LeoG]

Mine were from Radio Shack.  Don't remember if they were Tandy's though.  Or just something they found to sell.  They were olive, black and tan colored but not in a camo pattern.  On/off/volume with no squelch other than built in.  They took a 9 volt battery.

[WRYZ926]

I still have a set of Sears Walkie Talkies and they work. The problem with those old walkie talkies was the there was no squelch adjustment on most of them. And one was lucky to talk from one room to another inside. I would hope that the wrist watches work better than those walkie talkies did.

 

 

[Hoppyjr]

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Mine were from Radio Shack.  Don't remember if they were Tandy's though.  Or just something they found to sell.  They were olive, black and tan colored but not in a camo pattern.  On/off/volume with no squelch other than built in.  They took a 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As I recall, Radio Shack was “Realistic” brand.

I lusted after a brand called Handic, from Sweden. They were all international orange in color, had cool rubber antenna options, and speaker mics. Out of my budget as a teen, but I found several and bought them off eBay many years ago. While they are all gone now, it was an old dream realized.

Same for a pretty cool “small” unit called a “Pocket Com” walkie-talkie. Saw a pair in old magazine ads, then saw them once in person at a country store while in hunting trip in the Virginia mountains. Didn’t buy, regretted, found years later on eBay.

Nostalgia is fun.

[WRUE951]

did you know that Pamela Anderson made a couple Porn movies..  Did anyone get a chance to watches those..  

[SteveShannon]

41 minutes ago, Hoppyjr said:

As I recall, Radio Shack was “Realistic” brand.

And Archer and Archer Space Patrol

Realistic tended to be their better brand. They had handheld ham radios that were built for them by other companies. 
I bought a pair of these after I was grown up and newly married, although this picture is from a radio museum website. Apparently I was a latent ham even then!

[OffRoaderX]

7 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

Apparently I was a latent ham even then!

I am embarrassed to admit that I too owned a set, circa ~1975..   We would attach a long-wire to the antenna and talk with CB'rs... I then moved up to CB radios (plural) before taking a break for 40 years and then getting a GMRS radio..

[LeoG]

Maybe I was wrong about Radio Shack.  Because it was this walkie talkie I owned.  A GE.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1566874310/general-electric-walkie-talkie-model-no?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=realistic+walkie+talkie&ref=sr_gallery-1-11&pro=1&content_source=1e7d35687412d382575f6798675b27afaeac1be3%3A1566874310&organic_search_click=1

[wayoverthere]

GE are the earliest walkie talkies I remember having too, but it was these https://www.ebay.com/itm/266679045699

On radio shack, I have a CB from there from sometime in the late 90's, and it IS branded radio shack. The mag mount antenna, as far as I know, never had any logos, and definitely doesn't now, though tje connectors have gotten a little corroded.

[tcp2525]

Not as old, but I was happy when the 49MHz walkies came out. Much better tech and performance. But I was happy as hell back in the early 70s with the 27MHz walki-talkies. Fun times.

[WRYZ926]

3 hours ago, tcp2525 said:

Not as old, but I was happy when the 49MHz walkies came out. Much better tech and performance. But I was happy as hell back in the early 70s with the 27MHz walki-talkies. Fun times.

I know the 27 MHz walkie talkies were set to CB channel 14 but man would they mess with all of the 27 MHz remote control cars. I always tried to stick with the 49MHz remote control cars.

[Hoppyjr]

Maybe I’m old, but I remember when some of the walkie talkies were on channel eleven too. (Spelled out to avoid the dreaded Tapatalk bug).

[SteveShannon]

15 minutes ago, Hoppyjr said:

Maybe I’m old, but I remember when some of the walkie talkies were on channel eleven too. (Spelled out to avoid the dreaded Tapatalk bug).

That’s what I remember too.