Ed wrote:What's the advantage of this, compared to running as a group on GMRS with PTT as before?
I'm trying to keep an open mind, but having everyone full-duplex on an open channel seems ...undesirable.
Ed, I plan to maintain my GMRS connection along with the ability to BT intercom--the 20S has enough BT channels so one can now get SR10 feeds with more than 2 riders on BT--so that, for instance a group of 4 riders that have GMRS and BT intercom can do "either/or", as needed. If some don't want to "pair-up", they can use the GMRS and everyone will hear it. Broz and I could either push the PTT or just speak thru the BT. That being said, if the GMRS user doesn't "tap out" of the BT connection before hitting the PTT, everyone else will hear the same audio coming from both sources with a delay which is bad news, so the person who wants to use the GMRS 'only' should "tap out" of the BT before doing so. And they can "Tap-IN" if they want back in to the BT. I think it opens more avenues of comm. With Broz & I on Sunday, there was no wind noise or disturbances, just the ability to talk without PTT--and the bonus was no more "SAY AGAIN, CAN'T HEAR YOU" lol. A couple times we ran out of BT range so we just moved over to the GMRS seamlessly. When it reconnected, we quit using the GMRS.