The “3 Peaks Challenge” involves climbing the highest mountains in Wales, England and Scotland in a 24 hour period.
These are Snowdon in Wales (1085m), Scafell Pike in England (978m) and Ben Nevis in Scotland (1344m) in a day, or at least a weekend.
We have hired out our VHF and UHF professional walkie-talkie radios to many groups attempting this challenge, usually to raise money for a charity.
We’ve got quality walkie-talkies, spare batteries, in-car battery chargers, even vehicle radios and antennas for your support vehicle – everything you need to do the Three Peaks Challenge safely.
25% Charity Discount For Radio Hire From Amherst
Provided you are doing the 3 Peaks Challenge to raise money for a charity, we will offer you our 25% Charity Discount on your radio hire!
Why Use Walkie Talkie Radios For The 3 Peaks Challenge?
It is important that the groups of climbers have a means of contacting their friends at “base camp” in case they run into any problems, for example someone getting injured / stuck / lost, and need help.
You should always take mobile phones with you, but remember that the mobile phone signal in remote areas like these is not always reliable.
Walkie-talkies do not depend on an outside network to work – provided you are in range of each other, one radio will “hear” the other.
Our radios are professional quality, with a full 5 watts power output, which is a lot more than the ยฝ watt you can get on the cheap little PMR446 “toy radios” that you can buy from Argos, Currys etc.
We have hired these to many groups doing the 3 Peaks Challenge, and they have all said that they found the walkie-talkies helpful in terms of being able to contact their friends waiting at the bottom.
What Radio Equipment Do You Need to Hire?
PT568 5 watt VHF Walkie Talkie Radio
The simplest and cheapest is to hire just two walkie-talkies – one for the climbing group and the other for your support.
Add more walkies talkies for larger or multiple groups to make sure that nobody is “out of contact”.
We also can provide:
- Spare rechargeable battery packs, to make sure the walkie talkies don’t run out of power at an important time
- Car power adapters to allow the radios to be recharged off a vehicle’s cigarette lighter socket while travelling between the mountains etc.
Our 5 watt VHF Kirisun walkie-talkies will offer the best range in these outdoor conditions.
25 Watt Vehicle Radio For Use In “Support Vehicle”
These powerful vehicle radios improve the range of support vehicle-to-climber radio communications.
Our Kirisun vehicle radios for hire simply plug in to the vehicle’s 12 volt “cigarette lighter” socket to get power from the car or van’s electrical system.
They are supplied with a magnetic-mount antenna to stick to the vehicles roof or other bodywork.
Three Peaks Challenge Web Links
Three Peaks Challenge Web Site
Wikipedia Entry on Three Peaks Challenge
Get A Quote Online Or Contact Us To Book Your Radio Hire For Three Peaks Challenge
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Call us on 020 7328 9792 to discuss your needs, or email us.