In my Production case that I tote around with me for freelance gigs, and some mid sized shows, I have use the Midland GTX1000v4, with TAPualk "security"
stile ear sets for them. They around about 75$ for two, and about 40$ for 2 ear pieces. They work well, I carry 2 with me most of the time just to assist with
sound check and light
load in/focus between catwalks,
FOH, Backstage situations for me and my buddy. But I own 6 and they work great for local use. Their "vibrate
call" is great. they are just about the Highest
level consumer
level 2-ways you can by with out getting into the stuff that
@TimMc is talking about. (some of that stuff operate between 400-470Mhz which i believe is fully usable in the USA. (it's the stuff that operates in the HAM radio range below 200Mhz, that are a no go.
I think you realize the benefit of a
Clear-com style
system, which for purpose of discussion is a Party
Line system and not a 2-Way Radio
system. Radios can be used to
call a show by a SM but they are way below ideal, bordering hazardous especially with what high school com discipline ends up being
It can be done and I've worked shows where we have used radios for such, but they were generally easy tech shows.
Something else to consider is that
Clear-com or it's less expensive basic competitors like Production Com and
Telex are built better then the radios i listed above. I guarantee that with radios I've mentioned above with high school student's you'll be replacing them all in less then 2 years, either because they'll break from high school use, or they'll grow legs.