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Decent Cheap UHF?

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eXc
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Decent Cheap UHF?

Post by eXc »

Hey Guys,

I want to get a UHF for talking car to car on trips and in case I get stuck somewhere for a 'help' call to any 4x4's near by.

I don't have $400+ to spend on a iCom 400pro or the GME equivilent.

Is there a cheaper alternative that will do what I need it to do? I guess scanning would be good so I can find out if people are in the area.....

But other than that, really what else do you need on a CB? I mean I could just save another month or so and put the extra money in, but $200 is a lot if I never use the featues?

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Post by RockyF75 »

http://www.prestigecom.net.au/default.a ... subcat=GME

not all GME's are 400+, if you shop around ;)
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Post by Zute »

make sure it has manual squelch.
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Post by grimbo »

make sure you get a decent antenna as this is the major factor in clarity and distance of signal
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Post by nicbeer »

on of the older gme 4200's are v/good and can be got for 200ish or less.
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Post by striker99 »

If theres cash converters near by take alook there noticed them the other day $50 for a used incar one
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Post by zagan »

You can go into Dick Smith powerhouse and pick up Uniden UHF/AM units between $200 to $380
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Post by eXc »

Ok I will check out second handies, but if I am gonna pay $300 I'll just pay the $400 new.

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Post by GBC »

ebay

KYD is the one I got - just look thru a motorola catalogue and you'll see its brother for a lot more $$$$

Had it over 12 months with nil issues.
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Post by revin »

RockyF70 wrote:http://www.prestigecom.net.au/default.a ... subcat=GME

not all GME's are 400+, if you shop around ;)
I dont know what their warranty is like with other brands but if you buy a Icom thru them you wont get warranty :bad-words: .

4WDmonthly (for sale section) had a 2nd hand Icom for a great price. may even have been on here also.

If your going to get a hand held really look at Icom only the rest from my reasearching dont have a great range. But if you want a incar UHF they all pretty good I had a GME for my last set and it was great lasted about 10 years before I sold it still working and new owner loves it also
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Post by zagan »

revin wrote: I dont know what their warranty is like with other brands but if you buy a Icom thru them you wont get warranty :bad-words: .
That would be from them, wouldn't it?

You'd still have the ICom warranty, surely.
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