Radio for autocom?

[John C]

I've just bought an autocom active-7-smart but need a radio for expanding the system for bike-to-bike.
I'm looking to spend about about £100 with the main criteria being sound quality and range, (preferably a kenwood).

Does anybody know of a good place to start looking?

[biketeacherda...]

with a budget of £100 try ebay you may pick up a second hand one or that then get a new battery orderd as well cos you just know the one its comes wit will be dead or wont hold a charge for more then 20 minutes
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[feef]

check that the active7-smart's capabilitie with the radio.

I'm not sure which models are affected, but not all of them can power the radio, and/or have voice activation on the bikt-to-bike. the Pro7 I have both powers and has voice activation. The Easi 7 I have doens't, and needs a push-to-talk to work too.

I've got Kenwood PMR radios, which are great, but not cheap.

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[John C]

The active-7-smart is compatable with bike to bike and VOX, but not bike power to the radio.

I've been looking at the KENWOOD TK3201 (second one down) on this site...
https://www.twoway-radio.co.uk/trolleyed/32/index.htm?wcw=google

[Method]

Ive got an Easi-8 and that works with VOX.

I just bought a cheap hand held radio / walkie talkie set from halfrauds for like £15 and i use that
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[feef]

[John C]

[feef]

[John C]

@ feef

I've just bought the 3201 from a place round the corner from me. They wanted £156 + VAT, but after I showed them a screen print of the site above they matched the price....If you don't ask you dont get.

As I got back to the office I saw the usual CBT group that comes past every day at about 2pm. I found them on channel 8 and judging by the street names (i.e. turn left onto...) I could here them about 3 miles away before they started to fade.

Quite impressed!

[Dark]

I bought an Autocom system last year and only used it a couple of times. Turns out i don't like talking to people whilst riding so its been sat in my cupboard ever since.

I should really get round to selling it.
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[feef]

[Dark]

[feef]

I might well be interested... means I coud have an intercom fitted to each bike

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[John C]

[Dark]

[John C]

[Dark]

Well i took some pictures of my Autocom this morning and brough my camera to work but not the USB cable to attach it to the PC, Doh!

I did notice that it says its an Autocom Kit3 on the box though.

I'll get the pictures posted this evening, but i might be giving my missus a lift to pick her bike up so it could be tomorrow.
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[Dark]

Thanks for the permission to Highjack NSRSparkie

Here are some pics of my Autocom i'm thinking of selling

I think the whole lot cost me somewhere in the region of £300 new and has been installed on my old ZX7R for a boout two weeks before i decided i didn't like it and took it off (been sat in a cupboard ever since).

Does anyone want to give me £200 for it?
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[John C]

The Kit 3 is the autocom active-7-smart which was the middle spec autocom before the current breed took over. It's the same as the one I've just bought (the last one in the shop). I choose the active-7-smart because it has more fetures than the latest base model, and at a reduced price.

Good bit of kit when used with a decent radio (like the Kenwood dark is selling).

[Black Knight]

Nice one John, glad to hear you got set up. We'll have to go out for a blast again soon.
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