[Healeys] Walkie Talkies

[Alan Seigrist]

All -

Rather than walkie talkies.... if you have a mobile phone with even basic
graphics/data ability, this is something that probably would work wonders to
tracking cars that are traveling in groups:

http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html

I have been using it here in Hong Kong with my Blackberry and my wife's
Nokia, and it is AWESOME.  You don't even need GPS (although the GPS
readings are more accurate)... it'll determine your location by pinging the
cell sites and any nearby WiFi terminals, and plot it on Google Maps.  Crazy
technology.  Great way to keep tabs on your kids too even if they don't have
a GPS phone.

The only thing about it is I notice it tends to draw the battery at a rate
twice the normal standby time, but if you have an in car charger this is no
big deal.

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Charlie Frazer
<cfrazer at jcomm.uoregon.edu>wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience with using inexpensive ($100  or less) hand
> held two-way radios to communicate between lead and sweep cars to help keep
> groups together?  Do they work OK?  Any recommendations on brands or models?
> Thanks,
> Charlie Frazer_______________________________________________