UHF handhelds
Submitted: Monday, Jan 17, 2005 at 17:06
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stitch
G'day folks, need your help once again.
I am looking at buying a handheld
uhf radio that has a range of up to 3km (0.5 - 2w), and am looking at those cheapies advertised as twin packs (as my cousin wants to go halves). We dont have in car uhf's yet and wonder if the handhelds will suffice in trips where we are only under 1km apart. A bonus would be external antenna connection and external power supply. Any help from those with such units will be appreciated.
Mark.
Reply By: muzzimbidgie - Monday, Jan 17, 2005 at 17:42
Monday, Jan 17, 2005 at 17:42
Stitch. You should find that to get ones with options for fitting an external aerial and/or 12v power to run off the car, you will have to spend a bit more. I have hired one of these short term, and found it to be excellent. The good thing about them is they usually have 5w power and when connected to an externally fixed aerial on the car, they work great. Just as good as a hardwired UHF. Gives you the option of taking it out of the car if you want to walk it, without having to buy seperate ones (one for the car and one for mobile use).
The only hassle I found was that the darn thing was lying around between the seats all the time and occasionally fell on the floor when going offroad.
Cheers,
Muzz
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Reply By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Monday, Jan 17, 2005 at 18:02
Monday, Jan 17, 2005 at 18:02
I had a play around with quite of few of these and have a 5w handheld, a TX3000 fitted in car and two cheapo Dick smith units (for the kids).
All work very
well, even the cheapo ones. Ultimatly I would be going the car mounted one regardless but as a short term option these little handhelds are great. Been on a few convoys with these being used, only hassel is in hilly country and in big conveys they start to loose contact but you can always relay messages through the convoy.
The ones I have for the kids I bought as a twin pack from Dicksmith for $80. Came with two headsets a twin 240v charger and rechargable batteries all included. They do use the AAA batteries but they seem to last forever on them, better than my big 5w Uniden on low power. But being recharble you can always plug the charger into an inverter at
camp and give them a charge if you are away for over a week or so.
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