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rossb
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 5W Handheld UHF radio Any recommendations for a very good handheld 5W UHF?
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mowog
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Re: 5W Handheld UHF radio Just stick to the known brands. Also make sure you can remove the antenna so you attach coax for an external antenna.
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rossb
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Re: 5W Handheld UHF radio Thanks,
I'm surprised there are not more Japanese brands on the market... seems GME & Uniden are the most prevalent... nearly only ones out there...
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PeterD
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Re: 5W Handheld UHF radio rossb wrote: I'm surprised there are not more Japanese brands on the market.. I'm not. The only markets for these is in Oz and NZ. These markets are not big enough for international markets to tool up to make them.
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peterm
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Re: 5W Handheld UHF radio rossb wrote: Any recommendations for a very good handheld 5W UHF?
rossb I personally would go with ICOM, as I have used them for just over 20 years, 15 of those was as a Firefighter in the RAAF where our Airfield Emergency Rescue hand-held units were and still are ICOM. Here is a link. http://www.icom-australia.comCheers, PeterM.
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rossb
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Re: 5W Handheld UHF radio Thanks Peter.... I'll check them out.
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keviny6
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Re: 5W Handheld UHF radio From Dick smith ------ bought the uhosx-2 Uniden 2 years back and have had no trouble ---could be a later version out by now
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Sean
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Re: 5W Handheld UHF radio Make sure it's fully programable so that it can be updated to the new channel regime in the next few years.
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| Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:09 pm |
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rossb
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Re: 5W Handheld UHF radio Excellent point... no use buying old technology...
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valiant81
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Re: 5W Handheld UHF radio Hi rossb;
As with all hand helds ,and at the 5 watt level your radio is going to chew through the batterys real quick, make sure you also get a good set of HD rechargeable batterys for it.
Normal carbon batterys will not last the distance.
My little vhf hand held radio chews through its batterys in about 30 min and they are rechargable. One thing to look out for.
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