Radios and hunting

[cobb]

We use radios when hunting in a legal manner. What we do is carry them turned off and when we hear a shot in our area we turn them on and wait. If it was one of us that shot and need help in some way, the shooter makes a call on his radio that he maybe wants one of the others to bring a vehicle over and help load the deer. Now when the call is made, my Motorola radio makes a loud squelch noise to indicate that the person talking is done talking and I would think that would scare everything in the area and since I may not be the one going to help, I prefer it didn't squelch.

So is there any radios out there that do not make that loud squelch at the end of a transmission? Is there maybe a Motorola, Cobra, Midland or some other that the squelch can be turned off?

[ttousi]

How about an earpiece on your existing...........usually cuts off the external speaker.

or

[Steve_G]

You can set up the squelch tones or carrier tones on the radio. I belive the FRS rigs call them privacy tones. Almost all of the radios can do a tone squelch.

Turning this tone on would only let your radio "open the squelch" when it heard this privacy tone and would eliminate a lot of the squelch tail as it is commonly referred to without the tone on.

The only other thing to do (besides an earpeice) is to turn the squelch knob up higher, but then you might not hear the distant radios calling for the help.

KC0ORD is my FCC issue license for amateur radios....and I know a few other hams that lurk on this board would help in a pinch. PM if needed.

[Motobob]

I use a Garmin Rino 120 GPS/radio. I think they make a 130 and another new one with color display. They are programmable as to what alert you want. In your situation I use the vibrate function works well. They have both frequencies and can talk with all other handhelds.

[Rem700]

Isnt there a DNR reg about not useing radios while hunting.

[cobb]

Isnt there a DNR reg about not useing radios while hunting.

Yes, you can not use them to aid in the taking of game.

[cobb]

They are programmable as to what alert you want. In your situation I use the vibrate function works well.

What I am talking about is the squelch to signify that the person is done talking when they released the talk button. Kinda like saying "OVER" when you are done talking. I don't want the "OVER" squelch.

[ree]

We use radios when hunting in a legal manner.

I assume this is an assertion about the legality of radio usage. Not to be a stickler or anything, but if you are only using the fairly low-powered FRS channels that most of the GMRS radios support, then you are using them legally. If you're using the other channels that can transmit using up to 5 watts of power, then you're only legal if the individual transmitting (or a family member) has a GMRS license; it doesn't matter if you leave them off or on.

Otherwise, the roger beep is a function that some FRS/GMRS radios have, some don't, and which can usually be turned off on the ones that have it. What makes and models of radio are you guys using? Pull the manual for them and see if it's configurable.

[Ironbear]

What I am talking about is the squelch to signify that the person is done talking when they released the talk button. Kinda like saying "OVER" when you are done talking. I don't want the "OVER" squelch.

It has been awhile since I looked through the manuals but I seem to recall that my Motorola's "over" tone could be turned on or off. However I use Motorola XTN radios on a MURS license and not the more common radios on GMRS or FRS.

[cobb]

My Motorola's are fairly old and simple and I cannot turn the tone off. So I found a set of Cobra's that it can be and it will be on my Christmas list this year.