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Buying a new UHF what's good

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Buying a new UHF what's good

Post by lwbmav »

Hi guys l
Like it says I am looking for a new uhf what's good I want one that can receive fire/ambos ect.
Also where"s the cheapest place to get one.

Thanks Scott
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Post by zagan »

Uniden UH095

Can monitor 1 FM chan and 1 AM chan also has twin ariel sockets.

Seen it in dick smith power house for $399, plus some ariel bous with it.
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Post by lwbmav »

Anyone else?
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Post by j-top paj »

how much coin u want to spend?
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Post by revin »

I just bought a Icom IC-41S Hand held 5watt UHF.Sposed to have 120 channels (40 normal and the rest are programmable) tested it out on the way home from the 4x4 show and had heaps good range.Old man was out at his depot in Presonts and on 5watts I could still talk wioth him about 10-12ks away on the M7. Price was $400,but I talked the sales guy down from $500 :armsup:
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Post by lwbmav »

j-top paj wrote:how much coin u want to spend?
Max $400 but less is good
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Post by Mark2 »

Philips PRM8030. Bought mine on ebay for $250. Remote head, transmits on 25 watts, fully programable with a laptop, 100 channels, will tx and rx between 450 -520 MHz. 5 scan banks etc etc

The PRM8040 is an updated version but the remote head is a bit larger due to the alphanumic display - see this one:

They come in a lot of different band widths, as long as 477 MHz is somewhere in the range it will be fine for UHF cb operation.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/PHILLIPS-SIMOCO- ... dZViewItem[/url]

These radios make most of the UHFs out there look like toys in terms of their construction quality and features.
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Post by gqpete »

ICOM, can be boosted to 20watter very easy, more features than you need what more do you want.
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Post by segan1 »

Cant beat the icom 400 pro.
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Post by tna racing »

segan1 wrote:Cant beat the icom 400 pro.
agree wif ya there or the new uniden sundowner like in ur old truck lol
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Post by j-top paj »

segan1 wrote:Cant beat the icom 400 pro.
unless you go to a proper comercial grade radio,
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Post by j-top paj »

for $400 i would get a kenwood tk***, vertex standard/yaepoo, motorola if you can find one
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Post by jet-6 »

Whats the point of winding the output up if no one else can reach from the same distance you can call them
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Post by j-top paj »

it gives them encouragement to buy a decent radio too ;)
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Post by guzzla »

im in the market for a new radio also.

Any comments on a VERTEX VX-2500 as thats what im considering out of all of them.
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gme tx 3400 they retail for about $500 but you can get them for 1/2 that on ebay
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