Motorcycle Communications:
Last
Update
SUNDAY
19
April 2008
P.H.S.Ltd
Bike
Comms
ph +64
7 3488850
Fx +64-7-3486555
cell +64 21985958
BIKE 2 BIKE
For you to ring P.H.S Ltd from
Australia you will have to dial ph 0011 64 7
3488850 (3486555 fax ) Dont forget the time
difference between NZ and Australia can be more than 3 Hrs ! ( NZ is ahead) IF
YOU HAVE PROBLEMS ,THEN SEND THE FAX TO THE ALTERNATIVE No., 0011 64 7
3456000 (home)
If you are faxing me please put all contact details , your full name, adress ,home phone, email etc including country , as a lot of faxes, although they have a fax number on them, often give no indication as to what country they call from ! this is so I can contact you about your order
This will probably be the most bland web site you will ever come across !
but what we lack in
paucity of appearance, we make up with a richness of usable information !
However if you wish alternative delivery systems ie national or international
tracking couriers ,or insurance ( your
responsibility) , please notify us at the time of your order ,we will contact
you with the additional cost so this can be added to the purchase payment
.
**except on heavy postal items like
motortalkies , radios
with charger and batteries where standard airmail rates will apply !*
Airfreight to Australia seems to average
5-7
days
Our background has been in radio
communication electronics for more years than I care to remember , so we have
an excellent grasp of the principles and requirements of motorcycle to motorcycle
communications and all the pitfalls associated with it . We have been
producing Bike to Bike communication components for over five years now , it
started as a hobby and over those five years and many thousands of Kms on the
roads, hundreds of sales, we have learned an awful lot , from constant research and development,
individuals variable requirements, feedback from customers and friends , we
want to hear all suggestions and comments, not just the good ones either!
Different
techniques , microphones ,earphones and different radios, we've just
about tried them all! We have now achieved a level of product
whereby we can provide a system that
"works well for a modest
financial outlay ". Yes, there will be cheaper units out there in the market place, but I
can assure you that their structural design and performance at motorway speeds
will reflect the amount or research
and development that has be put into them , (zip
usually) so why
purchase something that is going
to be possibly hopeless over 50 Kph !Our
headsets have a money back guarantee!!
safe and happy riding!
"Testimonials"
Features:
Our
New "K" Series Headsets
have unique single cable design with only one cable coming out of
the left or right ear-speaker , unlike some other brands which appear to have wires going
everywhere.
Who wants to fight with three wires going to three different parts of a
helmet and then try and put the damn thing on and not be
strangled!
The very thin earspeakers with velcro hook backing, enable easy and quick
installation adjustment and removal and can be swapped from helmet to
helmet in under a minute!
There is no need to modify the helmet, drill holes, cut lining etc to
fit our Headsets!
The single water resistant 6 pin moulded minidin plug, coming from the
helmet, is at the end of a reasonable length of cable , you can see our
plug when you have to connect it to the curly cord going to the radio, no
requirement to fumble around blindly to plug our headset in! Just line up the
two arrows on the plug visually and "hey presto" connected!
The robust construction of cables in the headset are of a coaxial nature
and much more resilient to damage , from wind, vibration and general strain
and stresses of daily use .
Our headset use integral optional ( at no extra cost ) ear-cushions
for extra comfort, and added
acoustic isolation to reduce external road and wind noise , this means less
fatigue on long rides ,you enjoy riding more , you need much lower volume
settings on your radio / sound equipment, resulting in less potential damage
to delicate hearing from high levels of continuous noise!
However
ear-cushions
may be a tight squeeze with a tight fitting helmet . In this case we can
supply ear speakers without . ( you will loose the acoustic isolation
they provide .)
Our microphones are designed and have been electronically tailored to cope with
the high ambient noise level within a motorcycle helmet at motorway speeds,
and remain intelligible. Often our microphones will work way past the
speed that the received sound in the ear-speakers becomes difficult to hear
due to helmet wind noise!
There may be better headset units on the market, ! their performance will
not be much ahead of ours but
.........I'll bet you their price will be
!
What
do I get ? and what does it look like ???
this
page has a general description of the Bike to Bike system, radios ,headsets
,PTT buttons etc
Warranty: There is a 6 month, return to base warranty on our products and we are very happy to honor this. The warranty does not cover any misuse, neglect, signs of physical damage etc but covers things like faulty connections in plugs, ptt switch failures etc ie You look after the product and we will look after you" There will be a charge of $6.00 Australian or New Zealand for return air postage , please include a courier bag or form of payment with the returned goods and a note describing the fault and an accurate return name and address with phone number . We are getting a few non returned faulty components situations where people have rung for warranty claims , we have sent them out the replacement part but they have not returned the faulty component. We require those faulty pieces as they are returned to the factory for OUR manufacturers warranty claim !
**From now on all warranty claims will require receipt of the faulty component at our address BEFORE the replacement is issued. So the quicker you return it ,the quicker the replacement will be issued. **
Headsets and
What comes with them???
click here to find out
What Product interests you ?
Rider to Pillion intercom
MI-20 Open version)
MI-40
P.T.T version
MOTOR
TALKIE ( still awaiting stock )
Wireless
PTT Intercom ! now
in stock
"Nordic
RF based" Wireless
Rider /Pillion system
Motorcomm
with a built in synthesized
FM receiver.
Additional headsets
Cell-phone
motorcycle helmet headsets
adapters,
Cell
phone interface,
Radar
detector/walkman/mp3 player
Radar
detector / walkman / MP3 only Headsets
Bluetooth and 2.4GHz
Bluetooth Motorcycle headset sorry awaiting new stock
HID xenon
Lights
HID
XENON LIGHT KITS
Lucas H4 Fitting only
Hot
deals and specials !
Components
to build your own!
Motorcycle
Alarms
(out of stock )
Most of these configurations can be mixed and matched to provide a multifunction system . How ever things can get untidy if you do have too many units plugged together , Please note that this system is a simple sound mixing system ,there is no electronic voting as to which item ( eg cell phone ) has priority, personally I would recommend you don't go over two services mixed ie bike to bike and cellphone or bike to bike and music/radar detector however if you do want the multi function comms systems . read about MOTOR TALKIE ! Motocomm or the Wireless PTT Intercom !
Notes on powering Radios:
The use
of battery eliminators with UHF CB hand
held radios
Notes on Headsets: (for configurations
of plugs and connections of UHF CB hand
helds )
Notes
on VOX ( voice controlled transmit) hows,
when, and why not too!
Boosting the radio range up.............. 2 to 3 times !!
Potential
problems
my system wont work !!
HEADSET
PIN OUT CONNECTIONS
Nolan
Helmet N102 connections !!
"Testimonials"
We can now supply the option of a
Boom
mic
for
open face
Use of Earplugs :
We do not guarantee that our systems will work well when the rider is wearing
earplugs , the problem is that you have to turn the volume of the radio up
very loud to punch through the earplug attenuation , this leads to gross
distortion of sound from the radio and distortion from the overloaded small
earspeakers ( and either could be damaged outside the scope of the
warranty) it makes it hard to hear and communication
performance will suffer . This is where the ear-cushions
are great ( if you
can fit them in ) they knock back the external noise and enhance the sound
from the radio ( you have turn the volume down! ) I have no objection to
someone using earplugs and if you find it works with this radio
system then that is even better for your auditory wellbeing
.
Use of the MP3/radar detector cable with most units drops one speaker off the shared device so the music can stay in stereo ( both speakers)
The style of earphone that fits firmly into the ear canal is also a very good
unit to use .they can be acoustic tube or have the sound transducer at the ear
itself. They have excellent acoustic isolation and good clarity ,
The only reason we have steered away from them is purely from a hygiene
perspective and added complexity when putting on your helmet.
We offer a money back ( less postage ) guarentee with all our products ( unless stiplulated ,like batteries) , if faulty then we will replace it or refund .BUT all goods must be returned in a salable condition ( boxes, packaging ,radio unblemished , etc so it can be resold .). and you have 7 days from receipt of the goods to decide whether the equipment will do what you want ie potential, compatibility issues , range issues etc Dont expect us to refund you after 2 months of use and the equipment looks like its well used and dirty ...... its yours buddy !!
Useful Motorcycle Links :
Links to other sites and clubs are
usually quite interesting to read, I could spend hours ! It is worthwhile to
look at these sites to get an idea of how other people enjoy our
recreational past time. You may even learn something technical ,
discover new riding tips and pick up some great new ideas for your own
club or riding friends .
Now you can go back and click on hyperlinks !
SOME LINKS WORTH LOOKING AT:
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Philip Gahan Professional PhotoGraphic Services Est 1992 Photo restoration and colouring. Need those photos of the bike enhanced , repaired , retouched ?? A lot of photo-reproduction , restoration and colouring can be done by philip Gahan Services , contact them for expert advice !
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Problems
: I cant hear the other rider at hi speed
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The way to check this problem out to see if it is the radio helmet microphone
picking up too much wind noise, or it is your potentially noisy helmet, is to get your
riding buddy to do a speed test on the bike and either you follow them in
the car using your walkie talkie or you stand on the side of
the road and talk to them. The "following " car gives a more
true test result as it minimizes the mobile flutter that you can get
between a stationery radio and a mobile unit, whose communication distance is
varying rapidly. You, listening in the car or at the side of the road,
eliminates the helmet wind noise and if you can hear the rider clearly then
the problem is wind noise in your/their helmet ( nearly all the time we
have found this is the cause of the communication problem) However if the
incorrect microphone has ended up in the headset and the rider on the bikes'
speech is ok at low speed but unintelligible at high speed, then it is
the mobile Microphone causing the wind noise! Send it back
to be replaced or your money refunded !! Helmet noise is such a huge variable.
Some are much quieter than others ( sorry I cant suggest any on this
website) however there are manufacturers that do publish the
"operating" noise levels at a certain speeds , The Level
is given in dbA and the lower the number the quieter the helmet
is. Note an increase or fall of 10 dBA is approximately an actual noise
level change of 10 times !!! 20dBA is 100 times , the human ear can hear sound from a pin
drop (20-30 dBA) to a jet engine at full throttle (120 dbA, pain
threshold) That is an enormous change of
sound level ( thousands of millions of times different) so to make the
change of level figures humanly manageable it is described logarithmically
!
Pinfold Health
Services Ltd,
1172 Arawa St, Rotorua
3201,
New Zealand.
ph
+64-7-3488850 fax +64-7-3486555 home ph/fax +64-7-3456000 cell 021
985958 pinfold@xtra.co.nz