Can anyone recommend a decent heavy duty source of 2 part nylon zulu watch straps.
I'm after swapping my rubber one on my Fenix 6 to a less sweaty nylon one.
There used a to be a guy that specialised in zulu /NATO straps but for the life of me I can't rem3the details
No you can't as the are now DMR around 155mHz.... You previously could on analogue but that would of been illegal as they were on non PMR and dedicated frequencies belonging to Maritime and Coastguard Agency (and still is).
Technically, even team members could not use their own radio sets on...
"long before mobile phones back in the 1970's and 1980's you can bet a pound with a pinch of salt that cb radios were used and to a lesser extent still in use these days for search and rescue"
They never have been. Certainly not now.
Historically MR has used a mixture of police, coastguard...
I am aware of some of them and own several radios PMR and other bands.
Does alter the that having been in MR for over 20 years I know CB or PMR has never been used to initiate a call out.
The whole CB /radio thing is interesting and sounds fun, but you originally asked about use in an...
Odd that MR members are often using mobile phones to speak to control - especially if in different valleys.
Some days more so than actual team radios. Certainly avoids the need for rebroadcasts.
And in certain situations mobile phone is the go to comms if possible - such as fatalities as its...
I take it you live somewhere relatively flat and not very remote /rural.
No MR team has ever been called via CB - and very unlikely to. If you did manage to get a 3rd hand message to them via handheld radio they'll try and contact you via phone definitely not radio (nor will a POLSAR)
Mobile...
Hypothermia will kill you a lot quicker than any alluded to health implications from non ionising radiation (inc uhf /VHF).
Taking a useless radio rather than a phone is irresponsible and doing both yourself and more importantly the rescue teams a disservice - remember they are volunteers and...
You've pretty much wasted your money for emergency use.
Phone with EE or Vodafone SIMs card - and GPS switched on.
Mobile phone coverage is better than handheld radio - and you can be located using SARLoc etc...
Set up 999 text is simple.
Text "register" to 999, answer yes to the...
Obviously worked in a run of mill bar that served pitcher type "cocktails" or somewhere trying not to be.
Proper cocktails use quality ingredients and aren't sugary. Many are dry and /or bitter. Even the sweeter once are tempered with citrus sharpness.
Anyone that serves a sugary, syrupy...
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