diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/headset/headset-component.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/headset/headset-component.ftl
index 7a1637c9d3..cef5fdd0fa 100644
--- a/Resources/Locale/en-US/headset/headset-component.ftl
+++ b/Resources/Locale/en-US/headset/headset-component.ftl
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ chat-radio-security = Security
 chat-radio-service = Service
 chat-radio-supply = Supply
 chat-radio-syndicate = Syndicate
+
+# not headset but whatever
+chat-radio-handheld = Handheld
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/radio.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/radio.yml
index 103e43830f..6c2f2c0722 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/radio.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/radio.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
   id: RadioHandheld
   components:
   - type: RadioMicrophone
+    broadcastChannel: Handheld
   - type: RadioSpeaker
+    channels:
+    - Handheld
   - type: Speech
   - type: Sprite
     sprite: Objects/Devices/communication.rsi
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/radio_channels.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/radio_channels.yml
index c72f250a26..d8780b5dc0 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/radio_channels.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/radio_channels.yml
@@ -69,3 +69,11 @@
   frequency: 1213
   color: "#8f4a4b"
   longRange: true
+
+- type: radioChannel
+  id: Handheld
+  name: chat-radio-handheld
+  frequency: 1330
+  color: "#d39f01"
+  # long range since otherwise it'd defeat the point of a handheld radio independent of telecomms
+  longRange: true