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hi bros, I am planning a road trip up north with few families. about 3-4 cars and am considering we need the walkie talkie for the drive journey. any bros here know is there anywhere we can find walkie-talkie for T-loan? need abt 3 sets for a week. hope bros with experience can share. E.g. which range type is suitable etc. thanks much.

I notice some taxi drivers still use hand held walkie talkies, but they don't look like grid phones. What are they?

Dear bro annd sis, Anyone know where to find good deal for walkie talkie, those short range one not intended for singapore use, so export set are welcome. I went Mustfa damn expensive. Thank you in advance. Regards, Rustyz

hi guys!!! today go wedding dinner go take taxi, and i saw this taxi uncle put a iphone on the holder... and very cool!!!! his iphone work like walkie talkie!!!! with time stamp and name... and lot of taxi uncle chating in there!!!! can hear diff voice talking!!! and he can click the inv message to repeat the message!!! is all real time!!! on line!!! can hear other uncle reply him!!! and he just press the key on the screen to reply those uncle!!! cool!!! they talk about where got jam, and where where (all from diff place in singapore) got customer to pick... and even what time to meet up for a drink!!! i do not want to ask him what app, but i will like to know if anyone here know? cos i try to find walkie talkie from app store... is all bluetooth chat... whcih i dont think those taxi and using.. they can very far apart from each other... and maybe i can setup one for all my friend to chat over there also...

Just came across this while searching online. Seems like the incident happened December 2010. Wonder if driver is from this forum. Anyway, he was charged and fined 18600thb in court and given back passport after a month. Just to share. http://rastforum.com/index.php?topic=642.0 Hello Everyone, I am new in here. Just a brief introduction of myself and why am i in here. I am from Singapore and currently i am being detained in Phuket Thailand, Please allow me to share with you, what actually happened. With a group of friends,that are keen 4x4 drivers, we drove from Singapore, via Malaysia to Phuket Thailand. With the need to communicate in the convoy, we were all using walkie talkies in our cars, as it was expensive to communicate via mobile phones. All went well when we crossed the international border into Thailand, but my nightmare started when we were driving in Phuket Island on the 1st of December and we were stopped at a routine roadblock at Kamala checkpoint in Phuket. I was detained as i was using a handheld Yaesu FT60 Walkie talkie and i found out at the moment that it was illegal to use this in thailand. Despite my explainations that i was using it for car to car communications and i was unaware that a license was required to bring or use it in thailand, it fell on deaf ears. The Officer asked me for a bribe of 20,000bt to let me go, but i politely explained to him that i didnt have that much cash on me and it was in the hotel room. We couldnt' communicate well and therefore i made a call to the Singapore embassy in Thailand and asked the officer to translate for me. After passing the phone to the officer and after my embassy has spoken to the thai police officer, i was detained and driven to the police station where i was thrown into the prison lock up for a night. I was susbquently released on bail the next day, when my Singaporean friends bailed me out for a whopping 100,000 bt, the thai cell mate that shared the cell with me, was locked up for possesion of drugs and his bail was only 40,000 bt. I was told to report back on the police station on the 9th of december when my understanding was that i would be sent to the court to face the sentence. but it wasn't the case, i was instead taken to the thai immigration department to extend my passport where i paid 1900bt to extend my passport and had to give 500bt to the policeman as "service charge". Up to today, i do not know my charge and i was told that i had to remain in thailand and unable to return to thailand for like 1-2months while they investigate and send the walkie talkie for investigations and testing. I have since engaged a lawyer and he is doing all his best to get me home. right now, i am stranded in phuket thailand and unable to return home because of a possession of a walkie talkie. I do not know how soon i can return home but i really do miss home and just want to get home asap. I might risk losing my job back in Singapore and my finances are drying up even as i stay in Phuket. This is my 3rd time visiting Phuket, and it is indeed a beautiful country with lovely people,throughout my ordeal. I have met and made new friendships with the thai people. i am appealing to all in this forum for any form of assistance, advice. It was suppose to be a holiday but it turned into a nightmare. As a tourist, there was no way that i would ever be aware of such "strict" laws governing the use of walkie talkies in thailand. Best Regards

anyone know of any model selling in singapore that can directly plug into 12V socket for power...well of course cheapest....not those few hundrer dollar type... something like this type http://www.amazon.com/MIDLAND-75-822-Chann...9737&sr=8-5

Bros, Need your advice. I've been searching the forum on walkie talkie comparison between Motorola vs Midland, and can't decide the two. Basically, I need a small walkie talkie when travel overseas with my family member (yes to save on roaming charges), small enough to fit into pockets or handbag. And have narrow to these models: Entry level ------------ Midland LXT110 (12miles), Midland LXT110VP (12miles), Midland LXT460Vp (24 miles) Motorola FV300 (10miles) Mid-range ---------- Midland GXT720 (30Miles) Motorola T9680 (28miles) Which would you pick? or any other recommended brands/ models? For those entry level WT, would you think I can get signal from say 20th floor to the car park basement? because I can't get hand phone signal at the basement, so a walkie talkie would be helpful. Is Feedback Comm Pte Ltd the only shop that carries Midland brands?

The type that many car convoys use, motorola type. Thinking of bring overseas to Thailand as going in big group so can use for comms easier in Thailand. But scared that in airport wil kana searched and confiscated. Will or not huh?

Which is a good enough walkie Talkie for use in NSH. Any recommendation and where to buy?

Hi Guys Especially those who go MY pretty often. Just received a call from a friend, his car was search at Custom by MY customs officer. Found walkie talkies.........he was fined RM1000. This is not a joke, its my friend hor......so becareful