TriSquare TSX300 Review

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Originally Posted by telemach

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so how secure are these radios ? is it analog or digital modulation and is it really possible to hear something on R-10 ?

You bet an R-10 can hear em'. I have a sample of my R-10 "hearing" an eXRS TriSquare radio. Click the link below and check out the files section, scroll down to TriSquare and listen. I also have a file of the R-10 tracking the faster 90mS hop rate of a Motorola DTR radio. However it can't demodulate the DTR's VSELP audio. All you hear is some beeps and then some data and then just popping. But the other person here is right, with the R-10 or similar you have to be close in. You can extend the RX range with a mobile scanner antenna or a yagi.

[Securenet_DES]

Originally Posted by jwilkers

From what I understand though, you need to be right on the radio you are receiving. In real world use, you wouldn't be able to detect one of these radios anyway. Once you got more trhan a few feet away, the Opto couldn't detect the trisquare.

Good info to know though.

You're partially right. And how many people carry around near field receivers?
If I use a 2.5db gain 800/900MHZ antenna on the R-10 it increases the RX range quite a bit over the stock telescoping antenna.

[Bullmoose19]

Hey,

I am new to this site... I have owned a Motorola FRS radio with a 3.2 km range and have been quite satisfied. I used it for hunting in Northern Canada and have been able to get up to 4km in a wooded, mountainous area.

I was looking to purchase a new set of GMRS radios when I came upon the TriSquare technology. Has anyone used the TSX300 in similar scenarios? And are the antennas detachable, or can an external antenna be attached to the unit?

Thanks,

[jwilkers]

Originally Posted by Bullmoose19

Hey,

I am new to this site... I have owned a Motorola FRS radio with a 3.2 km range and have been quite satisfied. I used it for hunting in Northern Canada and have been able to get up to 4km in a wooded, mountainous area.

I was looking to purchase a new set of GMRS radios when I came upon the TriSquare technology. Has anyone used the TSX300 in similar scenarios? And are the antennas detachable, or can an external antenna be attached to the unit?

Thanks,

There are no provisions for external antennas. This would violate both FCC and Indistry Canada regulations.

[jwilkers]

Originally Posted by motex

I bought a pair of the 1000 channel radios last year.

They are very secure and are not prone to interference from other trisquare
users.
However, they use the 902-928mhz ham radio band so if you happen to be
around a ham repeater on the air, you will be interfered with
This is also the very same frequency band used by hundreds of thousands
of wifi access points and subscriber units.

I found the audio quality to be poor and the battery life to be short.
I also found that these radios tend to lose sync quite often which leaves you
with zero communications.
I found that my 500 millawatt motorola frs radios easily out distanced the trisquares under a variety of conditions and the motorolas will run all day long on 3 AA alkalines.

This is kind of surprising... Typically, if there is intertference you will only lose the frequency in that hop pattern that is happends to be on. You shoud only lose a tiny smidgeon of a transmission. Now, if you are in an RF "soup" i can see where the radios would lose synch, as the synch code would be jammed, and they need to recover.

My experiences have never brought me to a loss of synch in actual use. My tests and reviews discovered this thoug; but only at the absolute fringes of the receive/transmit range.

Of course, all experiences are different, and yours are not the only experiences with the sync issue

[Badmotorfinger]

When you hit the transmit button, Can you talk immediately or do you have to wait one or two seconds?

[jwilkers]

Originally Posted by Badmotorfinger

When you hit the transmit button, Can you talk immediately or do you have to wait one or two seconds?

more or less immediately. In reality, about a half second.

[Zippy5150]

We take many vacations on cruise ships. We currently use Motorola T5950 FRS/GMRS radios on board the ship. They work OK at best on the ship. I've been looking for something better (clearer, more reliable reception). I just came across the TriSquares.

The big question is; Has anyone tried to use them on a cruise ship?

Will the higher freq. work better with superstructure of the ship?

Any help would be appreciated.

[jwilkers]

Originally Posted by Zippy5150

We take many vacations on cruise ships. We currently use Motorola T5950 FRS/GMRS radios on board the ship. They work OK at best on the ship. I've been looking for something better (clearer, more reliable reception). I just came across the TriSquares.

The big question is; Has anyone tried to use them on a cruise ship?

Will the higher freq. work better with superstructure of the ship?

Any help would be appreciated.

900 Mhz would have a better capability to "bounce" around, and get a clear shot. I have personally found the Trisquares to outperform frs/gmrs indoors. Of course, each experience is different.

[bdubwendt]

Do you know how well the TSX300's will work as an off-roading between-vehicle communication system? I'd rather have something that is more portable than a CB radio. Most often times the longest distance from front of the pack to the back is about 1/2 mile or so. Wasn't sure how much the confinements of a vehicle would restrict the signals.