Jim,
Motorolla is the original maker of the 'talk-about'. You can buy them in pairs at radio shack, circuit city, best buy, they are everywhere. They are multiple channel, hand-held walkie talkies that operate in a specific frequency range and can transmit on multiple channels (like a CB) with a range of about a mile (if i remember correctly).
There are other manufactures (audiovox is one) that make similar hand-held units that are compatible with motorolla.
A friend of mine has the motorolla units (2) and and the Audiovox units (2) that he bought at Costco as they were cheaper than motorolla and were also compatible. We found through tesing in separate vehicles that the audiovox units are indeed compatible but their range is minimal, no where near the motorollas' range. I dont know about other motorolla-compatible units, but I would not reccommend the audiovox.
-Charlie
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