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Anyone bought a UHF recently in Brisbane and can recommend a good one?

I thought this combined UHF/AM unit sounded good for $358, but surely I can do better than Dick Smith for something like this?



Also dunno what I would need to spend additionally for antenna(s) if I got it, can anyone advise?

Not sure I really need one but I feel they are a bit of a safety item as well as a toy.

Jason

I am a gme man through and through... 5 units owned and not one problem. Gme make a tx3200 (i think) that is about 300 bucks plus ariel.
Check them out at www.gme.net.au

http://www.prestigecom.net.au/default.asp one of the cheapest place around, have to order over the net though

wots a good uhf/scanner??

sorry to hijack thread

The Best UHF i have used is the one I own. It's a Uniden UH013 which is a 40 ch UHF and a scaner which has 40 USER progamable chanels. It also has a remote head for easy mounting. do yourself a favour and have a look at these before you buy anything. The combined UHF/ AM CB is also a good option if you are limited for space However, you need an areal that can handle the two bands which arn't cheap. Jump onto the uniden website and have a look.

Kane wrote: The combined UHF/ AM CB is also a good option if you are limited for space However, you need an areal that can handle the two bands which arn't cheap. Jump onto the uniden website and have a look.

the combinded one has 2 antenna sockets one for the UHF and one for AM

chimpboy wrote:Anyone bought a UHF recently in Brisbane and can recommend a good one?

I thought this combined UHF/AM unit sounded good for $358, but surely I can do better than Dick Smith for something like this?



Also dunno what I would need to spend additionally for antenna(s) if I got it, can anyone advise?

Not sure I really need one but I feel they are a bit of a safety item as well as a toy.

Jason

I got that model unit in my patrol .. will be going into the Lux shortly .. basically I only eveer used it as a UHF, but the AM has come in handy at times as well as being a fun kinda toy ...

They are really quite small making em easy to mount .. I spent up pretty well on antenna's as well but they have never given me issues and the SWR on em was quite acceptable from factory (didn't do the UHF dunno if you can .. had an old AM SWR meter .. so I did it one day when I was bored .. )

i'm please with my tx3400 remote face unit. tuck it away out of sight when not in use.

i can recommend a good place to get one - olbis out at archerfield.

get an fm900 (fm91 or fm92) 25W of power 99 channels programable in eprom, solid chasis, can have police recive(and send if you dare) around 150bucks rare though try swap meets (hamfests). eprom programing costs around 40 bucks and you can specifiy any channels you want an the power on each. These are great commercial radios, search google

berazafi wrote:get an fm900 (fm91 or fm92) 25W of power 99 channels programable in eprom, solid chasis, can have police recive(and send if you dare) around 150bucks rare though try swap meets (hamfests). eprom programing costs around 40 bucks and you can specifiy any channels you want an the power on each. These are great commercial radios, search google

I picked up one of the Philips FM91 models at a hamfest in Brisbane.. 25W, remote head, Police & Fire channels already in, etc, for a bit over $200 with a Uniden AM, speakers, antennas, etc thrown in..

I got a price (for a TX4400 GME) from Prestige (the internet mob) and took the price to Northfield and they equalled it.

No stuffing around over the interent, and got it same day.

bigbluemav wrote:I got a price (for a TX4400 GME) from Prestige (the internet mob) and took the price to Northfield and they equalled it.

No stuffing around over the interent, and got it same day.

OOOOOH good idea which northfield did u go to?

I have one of those Uniden uh013 scanner/uhf's in my tj. Works pretty good but it can be a pain to switch over to the scanner mode. It's like the uhf/am one where you can only use one at a time - but's designed like that so police can't hace a go at you for having a scanner in your 4wd. It's excellent for police hunting & fire brigade etc. Also heard the SES disaster at the Logan River boat ramp last week while driving home

It's sweet cause the remote head is tiny and the microphone is a good size - not too big and chunky. I wanna get the VOX headset for it - apparently has a cool 'roger beep' after every transmission with it It's not a bad radio, not as powerful as other radios but has the cool aspect and more features.

spazbot wrote:http://www.prestigecom.net.au/default.asp one of the cheapest place around, have to order over the net though

go with them, they rock.

or I can get 25w GME 3800s (same as 3400 remote head and all) for cost price inc programmign cop channels in Vic into it cheap..

the icom ic400pro is a much better radio than the GME tx3800

spazbot wrote:the icom ic400pro is a much better radio than the GME tx3800

How do they compare, price wise?

Icom IC400pros are $399 atm and you get a free ariel with it

imho icoms are a very well build strong radio that will take a good beating, maybee when my 50watt kenwwod dies (20yrs old and going strong) i will get a icom ic400

comes with std 40 cb channels + the ability to program an extra 60 channels in for tx and recive