Just thought I would share my setup that I am installing right now.
At dunefest rugged was offering killer deals so I picked up a 686 intercom with behind the head headsets, their 5 watt handheld radio, can-am mount, and all the cables I needed.
While we were still over there me and two other friends just ran the radios connected straight to the headsets, anyone looking to do it cheaply that is an awesome way to go, you could get the baofeng uv-5r radios and cheaper headsets or helmet kits and run that. We were able to get about a 2 mile range running like that. Pretty good for the Oregon dunes cause you are running in the trees a lot of the times on trails.
Since we've got back I'm putting in the intercom, and making a mount for two Ptt buttons on the steering wheel, one will be for the radio and the other will be for a horn ( yea I rock a Dixie horn on my maverick). I will mount my 5 watt handheld radio on the left hand side of my steering wheel and am planning on getting an external antenna to run on the roofs to get a little better performance out of it. Eventually I will upgrade to the 50 watt vertex but the handheld will do for now.
Once I get it all finished up and use it I will let you guys know how I like it! Thanks to Greg and the guys at rugged radios for answering all my questions and hooking me up with an awesome product. Once you drive with car to car communications you won't go without it!
At dunefest rugged was offering killer deals so I picked up a 686 intercom with behind the head headsets, their 5 watt handheld radio, can-am mount, and all the cables I needed.
While we were still over there me and two other friends just ran the radios connected straight to the headsets, anyone looking to do it cheaply that is an awesome way to go, you could get the baofeng uv-5r radios and cheaper headsets or helmet kits and run that. We were able to get about a 2 mile range running like that. Pretty good for the Oregon dunes cause you are running in the trees a lot of the times on trails.
Since we've got back I'm putting in the intercom, and making a mount for two Ptt buttons on the steering wheel, one will be for the radio and the other will be for a horn ( yea I rock a Dixie horn on my maverick). I will mount my 5 watt handheld radio on the left hand side of my steering wheel and am planning on getting an external antenna to run on the roofs to get a little better performance out of it. Eventually I will upgrade to the 50 watt vertex but the handheld will do for now.
Once I get it all finished up and use it I will let you guys know how I like it! Thanks to Greg and the guys at rugged radios for answering all my questions and hooking me up with an awesome product. Once you drive with car to car communications you won't go without it!