is just a fraction of the cost you're going to spend on something like pell tour contacts now
these are not going to be as high quality as peltor contacts i'm not saying that
but for most people in the shooting community this type of setup is going to work out great
how's it going guys welcome back to the pilot patriot channel today we're going to be talking
about tactical communications specifically budget tactical communications now it's real easy to get
off into the weeds when you start talking about communications and you're looking at the type of
gear that military special operations and some of these instagram operators are using and you see
these super elaborate setups that cost thousands of dollars now communications is going to be
very important anytime you're dealing with a group environment any kind of tactical situation where
you have a team of people especially in grid down situations where you don't have your traditional
types of communication like cell phones and things like that now i will admit i am no communications
expert or anything like that but i do want to show you a few setups that i think could work
for the average guy not all of us can afford the peltor contacts and the full tactical setup so i
have a few options for you we're going to go over we're going to start at kind of the most basic and
the cheapest option and we're going to work our way up to what i think is going to be a really
good alternative to something like the peltor contacts with the full special operations setup
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all right guys now like i said i'm no radio communications expert or anything like that
so i'm not going to be diving too deep into the different types of radios or really even how to
weave them into your kit and things like that what we are going to be talking about is the different
types of setups you can use for your situation in a cost effective manner now the first one we're
going to be talking about is something like this this is a setup like i would have in my church
security role the radio we're using is just this midland gtx 1000 this is your average gmrs or frs
family band style radio that a lot of you guys probably already have around your house
no the benefit of something like this is it is going to be pretty cost effective
now these aren't going to have the 35 mile range that you see on the packaging but you could still
easily get out to a mile with a radio like this and in a lot of situations that's all you need
especially if we're talking about like a church campus or a school campus type area or something
like that anytime you're still going to remain in a pretty close proximity to the rest of your team
now i have this radio routed up to this covert style earpiece this is going to work out great
especially if you're trying not to draw a lot of attention to yourself it's very low profile
earpiece and it does have your push to talk here that you can clip onto pretty much whatever you're
wearing this type of setup is going to be much better than just using your radio because you're
the only one hearing that communication come through now if you are in a shooting or tactical
situation this is still going to work out great this really low profile headset is going to fit
really nicely under whatever hearing protection that you're wearing i really can't even feel that
it's there but i am still getting communication through the earpiece while still protecting my
ears now stepping it on up another really good option if you are going to be wearing a plate
carrier or some other type of kit is to have your communication set up integrated into your carrier
now what i have here is the balfang uv5r and you can see that i have the antenna routed around here
to my back i do have an upgraded larger antenna that routes up through the molle webbing on
the plate carrier i have done a full video on this carrier if you want to check it out i'll
put that link right here at the top of the screen and what i'm using here is just a shoulder mic
similar setup to what you might see police officers using and this is a great option
because that shoulder mic is acting as your push to talk the only downside to a setup like this
is that your communication coming from the other end is going to come out through the speaker on
this shoulder mic so anyone in your general area is going to hear that communication coming over
the radio one way around that is that most of your electronic hearing protection like these
walker razors or your howard light are going to have an audio jack now that's really meant
for listening to music or connecting to your phone or something like that but it can also be used
for your communications so a lot of shoulder mics like this one will have an extra microphone
port that you can run up to an earpiece or directly into your hearing protection
so you'll hear that communication coming over your headset and then you still use
that shoulder mic as your push to talk to talk back to whoever is on the other end of the radio
now we're going to step it up a little bit more into a little bit more of a professional setup
the radio we're going to be using for this setup is the balfang i believe it's the uv 82 it's just
a little bit better quality radio than the uv5r that a lot of people have and you can see we have
this routed up into a more professional style push to talk and we have that routed up to our headset
now this is what i'm really excited to tell you guys about this is the opsman earmore m32 headset
this is a radio communication headset similar to what you might see with the peltor tax or
something like that but it's going to come in at a much more budget friendly price
the m32 comes in at just around 80 bucks which is much more affordable than the five to six
hundred dollar peltor contacts now obviously you are going to be sacrificing some quality there
but a lot of us don't really need the same type of ruggedness that your special operations military
is going to use and this headset does work great it's going to work just like your normal
electronic hearing protection with a few upgrades it does have directional microphones that are
going to amplify the sounds around you and because they're directional you will know where that sound
is coming from you can also see it does have the boom mic here for your microphone now this setup
here is going to run you around 200 bucks and i like i said i will put links to all this stuff
in the description below now i think for the average person this is a perfectly legitimate
tactical communication setup that's going to work for most people in most situations
without breaking the bank all right guys now we're going to step it up even more
to a helmet mounted setup this helmet is from ballistic armor co and i have done a review on
it i'll put a link to that right here at the top of the screen now i still have the same radio and
push to talk setup that we just talked about but the headset i'm using here is the opsman earmore
m32 mark iii this is their mill pro headset and it's going to be a lot higher quality than
the one we just talked about it's going to be much more heavy duty and built to some military
specifications it's also going to have better sound quality it's going to have better speakers
better microphone and things like that now the mil pro the m32 mark iii's are going to be more
expensive they're going to come in at more like 300 but that still is just a fraction
of the cost you're going to spend on something like pell tour contacts now these are not going
to be as high quality as peltor contacts i'm not saying that but for most people in the shooting
community especially guys like me that are building out these setups more for preparedness
for emergency situations and things like that this type of setup is going to work out
great now they do sell the mark iii's with the headband just like their regular m32s but as
you can see they do have arc rail attachments if you want those so that you can mount them
onto your helmet setup the push to talk here is also from opsman now the cord that comes down
from the headset is going to be your standard nato plug and then coming out of the bottom end of the
push-to-talk you can get those for pretty much any radio that you want like i said guys you can spend
as much money as you want on a setup like this uh you could spend thousands and thousands of dollars
but for under a thousand dollars or really under 500 if you don't go with the helmet
you can get a quality communications headset push to talk and a ham radio that'll work for
most people but go ahead and stop right now guys let me know in the comment section below what do
you think about these setups which one do you think would work out best for your situation
all right guys that's it for budget radio communications thanks for watching guys i
hope this helped you out if you have any questions about anything we talked about in this video make
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