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Old October 15th, 2007, 12:56 AM posted to rec.travel.cruises
Kurt Ullman
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Default walkie talkies

In article .com,
nekochan wrote:

Can anyone recommend a brand of walkie talkies for the ship? Thanks in
advance.


Walkie talkies can be weird on a ship. First of all if they are
family radio service that are usually the ones available at a WalMart or
Radio Shack, they may not be legal outside of the US and possibly
Canada. In some countries they share frequencies with public safety and
others they are unused frequencies. So, using them on land can be a
little dicey.
a Secondly, they don't generally react well to steel, so using them
(for instance) to call the hubby in the room from the pool or to ask the
Kid where she is instead of the table ready for dinner may not always
work. These are limitations of the radios themselves and tend to be
independent of brands.