I grew up on a 55-acre farm where we always used walkie-talkies (and cheap ones, at that). These days, you might ask, “Why would you need walkie-talkies now that we have cell phones?” ...

A few hundred dollars secured you an FM walkie-talkie through which you could chat ... and the availability of cheap transceivers has meant that the general public are using them for personal ...

[KP4TR] connected a Raspberry Pi to a small, cheap handheld radio ... a Baofeng BF-888s 400MHz – 470MHz walkie-talkie radio, a USB sound card, and a pair of transformers for the 5V and 3.7V ...

For example, when you’re driving an ATV, paddling a kayak, or needing to check in with someone out of cell service quickly, that’s the niche walkie talkies fill. You just hit a button and talk into ...