ValuTech Walkie Talkie

ValuTech Walkie Talkie

Class	Communications
Weight	1
Uses	about 125
Power	Battery
Type	Two-way radio
Portable	Yes
Transmit Range	2000 tiles
Channels	50 to 200 MHz
Volume Range	10 tiles
Hotbar	Walkie talkie slot
Research	Make Makeshift Radio Make Makeshift Walkie Talkie
Location	Containers
Spawn ID	`/additem Base.WalkieTalkie2`

The ValuTech Walkie Talkie is a cheap civilian handheld two-way radio. It picks up music stations, news reports and military broadcasts. It can also send a voice to other players over a short distance.

It suits a survivor who wants the radio news early in the game. It is one of the easier walkie talkies to find. Its main strength is long battery life in a light set. Its main cost is short range and a narrow band of frequencies.

The walkie talkie turns up mostly in electronics stores, department storage and houseware stores. The Electrician is the best occupation for communications. It starts with the most Electrical skill. The Engineer also starts with some Electrical skill.

Using

The walkie talkie rides in the walkie talkie slot on the hotbar. It has to be equipped to operate it. Once on, it can be tuned and set to a volume. Its sound carries about ten tiles.

In multiplayer it sends a voice up to about two thousand tiles. That beats the Toys-R-Mine Walkie Talkie at about 750 tiles. It falls short of the Premium Tech. Walkie Talkie at about 4,000 tiles. The US Army Walkie Talkie reaches about 16,000 tiles. The ValuTech set tunes only 50 to 200 MHz, so some stations lie outside its band.

The Research Craft option on it teaches Make Makeshift Radio and Make Makeshift Walkie Talkie.

Upkeep

The walkie talkie runs on a battery and spawns with one already inside. Leaving it on drains the battery until it is empty. Sets found switched on may already have a weak battery. A full battery gives about 125 uses. That is far more than the about 71 uses of the US Army Walkie Talkie.

An unwanted set can be taken apart with a screwdriver through Dismantle Electronic Device. That gives Scrap Electronics and a little Electrical experience.

Research

The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the ValuTech Walkie Talkie and teaches the recipes below.

Recipe	Output	Image	Spawn ID
Make Makeshift Radio	Makeshift Radio		`/additem Base.RadioMakeShift`
Make Makeshift Walkie Talkie	Makeshift Walkie Talkie		`/additem Base.WalkieTalkieMakeShift`

Used in Crafting

These recipes take the ValuTech Walkie Talkie as an ingredient or a part.

Recipe	Output	Image	Station	Skill	Spawn ID
Dismantle Electronic Device	Scrap Electronics		-	Electrical: 0	`/additem Base.ElectronicsScrap`

Locations

This is a common find. Electronics stores are the best place, on counters, shelves and in small boxes. They hold one about one time in five. Department storage metal shelves and houseware store shelves come next. General store shelves and bedroom desks hold one now and then. It also sits in hiking bags and on counters in gas stations, janitor rooms, school storage and Zippee storage.

The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.

Location	Container	Chance
Electronics store	Counter	20.4%
Electronics store	Shelves	20.4%
Electronics store	Small box	20.4%
Houseware store	Shelves	12%
General store	Shelves	7.2%
Gas storage	Counter	3.2%
Zippee storage	Counter	3.2%
Pawn shop	Shelves	2%
Pawn shop	Other	1.4%
Pawn shop office	Other	1.4%

Location	Container	Chance
Department storage	Metal shelves	12%
Janitor's room	Counter	3.2%
Janitor's room	Locker	3.2%
School storage	Counter	3.2%
Changing room	Locker	1%
Comic storage	Locker	1%
Movie rental	Locker	1%
Storage unit	Other	0.1%

Location	Container	Chance
Bedroom	Desk	5%
Any building	Counter	2.7%
Kitchenware shop	Shelves	2.4%
Closet	Crate	1.4%
Closet	Other	1.4%
Shed	Other	1.4%
Bedroom	Cardboard box	1.1%
Bedroom	Crate	1.1%
Garage storage	Crate	1.1%
Attic	Cardboard box	0.6%