GMRS + Bluetooth
Update: I didn’t expect this much interaction! A couple of things to please keep in mind:
(a) I’m just a regular guy, dad, husband. I’m paying for this out of my own pocket, with the understanding that things get lost damaged broken and forgotten about.
(b) 5w radios do just fine on the rides that we do, and if someone needed an accessibility device, we would likely put them immediately behind one of the guides for secondary safety
(C) I want to be able to throw these in a harbor freight pelican, and know they’re there when I need them. For this reason, has to be a hand held mobile radio and not a mounted device.
(D) thank you all again. I’m just a guy who saw a need. Our group is over 25k in our state, we frequently ride, and I see this as an opportunity to to be more inclusive in our events
Hey Yall,
I’m part of an off-roading group that primarily uses GMRS radios for communication on the trail.
We recently had an event and one of the attendees has a disability requiring them to use a cochlear implant.
As someone who believes that off roading is for EVERYONE and that EVERYONE should be INCLUDED — I was really disappointed with myself for not being prepared.
I was speaking with a friend of mine who wears a cochlear implant and she let me know that as a deaf person she runs into this all the time — but that things are getting better with Bluetooth connectivity. She explained to me that most hearing disabled individuals use either a cochlear implant or a hearing aid — almost all of which are Bluetooth enabled.
This has now chased me down a rabbit hole and I need help:
I want to get 4 decent handheld radios with Bluetooth connectivity for the express purpose of being available for the hearing disabled.
Unfortunately, the options are pretty slim between Retevis and some others. A quick search of Midlands website has me thinking they don’t have BT on their handhelds at all.
Help, please. I want to do the right thing here for our organization where we can be prepared and never find ourselves in a position of not being able to accommodate