"Entel, Team Westwood and the Mongolian Charity Rally"

The Entel HX446 enables vital communication on adventurous charity route........

Team Westwood had an eventful time at the Mongolian Rally, driving through some exhilarating scenery, meeting some good  people, experiencing the previously unknown and perhaps most importantly raising money for charity...............including the Mercy Corps and Christina Noble Foundation..

Servicom and Entel supported the team by supplying the HX446E, a perfect choice when a reliable and tough portable radio is required. The radio's also were also supplied with an in vehicle charger that allowed the radios to stay operational whilst on the road.Features included 

-PMR446 Channels,CTCSS and DCS tones
- IP55
- Mil-Std 810C/D/E/F
- Long life Lithium-Ion battery
- Unique battery charge count feature
- Robust locking accessory socket
- Local personal attack alarm
-Transmit time out timer
- Key lock
- Low battery warning

The HX446 can be viewed  (with full specification data sheets available) and/or  purchased by clicking on the image or  here.

Taking the brave decision to take the southern route the journey involved going through place such as Zagreb and Kosovo, but unfortunately hit a stumbling block when the team came across some rather unscrupulous border guards in Azerbiaijan. After loosing the majority of their possessions to the "authorities" the team were denied the ability to complete the rally........ whilst this was a rather unfortunate end to their rally their endeavors are to be applauded and a memorable time was had by all, and all  the team returned in one piece !!!

The Team's HX446E radio communications became an essential means of communication; as stated by the team:

" They really came in useful; there were several instances where our team separated to speed tasks up, during boarder controls and especially in busy cities markets. They radios were great enabling us to keep in contact and regroup. At some points during the rally we joined forces with other teams and drove in convoy for safety reasons through dodgy parts of some countries, this enable us all to tune into the same radio frequency and share information, directions, and alerts, have general conversation and a good old bit of banter. Joking aside though after losing our convoy in Kosovo after taking a wrong turn, it was comforting to be able to radio ahead and ask the others teams to kindly wait. On a different occasion another team didn’t have a radio and in the spirit of charity we leant them one of ours as when drove though Albania. Luckily for us they were the only team that responded to our distress call when we ran out of petrol. Also as I’m sure you are aware how expensive mobile phone calls charges are in Europe and the further east you drive, despite our teams combine phone bills during the rally nearly totalling £600 the radios saved us a lot of money"

Should you require any further information about the Entel Range of portables from unlicensed PMR446 to the new Entel trunked portable range please contact Servicom at sales@servicom.co.uk or phone +44 (0) 1527 510 800. Servicom would like to thank Entel for their support with this charity event.