So afterward we were discussing ways to cut the noise and still have a way to communicate. That led to talk about using shooting ear muffs and using FRS or GMRS radios with an ear plug under them. I have FRS and GMRS radios and shooting ear muffs.
That led me to dig out my radios and ear muffs, some of which are Walker's amplified noise cancelling muffs. The problem is that both me and my brother wear hearing aids and the ear plugs that come with the radios go in the ear and aren't nearly as good to hear through as the HAs particularly with our hearing loss. That lead to over the ears headsets with boom mics.
I do have a setup with speakers and microphone that fit inside a motorcycle helmet that I use with my GMRS radios when riding the minibikes and ATV but we don't wear helmets on the UTVs. Those work ok.
Started looking for alternatives. Ultimately I found that Walker makes a small FRS radio that clips onto their ear muffs. It plugs into the muffs speakers and has it's own boom mic. You can either use it push to talk or voice activated.
FRS radios through experience with the bubble pack ones gets maybe a 1/4 mile on a good day. They claim a mile but you'll never get that. On the other hand you're talking to someone sitting next to you or maybe a hundred yards in front or behind you in another vehicle so these things should be good. That should be good enough.
Since I already have the muffs I ordered a pair of the radios. My brother had to get muffs and radios. Hopefully it will work out. If it doesn't we can always just use them on my range.
Here are the noise canceling ear muffs.
And the radio
And together...that's not me
