GME TX3200

Gerrit,
The GME is your best bet. First thing to consider is where you want to mount it, and then find the best model to suit, 3200, 3400 or 4400.
You will not be dissapointed
Rolande

ditto for GME.

alternative product? Icom....or Uniden.
Check Prestige Comms for the best service and price.

Hi Gerrit,

GME is a quality radio and used by many. If you want a superior radio take a look at the Alinco dr-430, it is super compact (smaller than din) has 100 channel capacity so you can program Police recieve or other to suit yourself, and the best thing is it has a 50 watt hi power output.
I have one of these radios extensively in the Mt Isa region with superb results using nothing more than a 5db mobile antenna.

Cheers,
Wayne

Greetings

Any GME product will serve you well. The key to UHF CB performance is antenna selection. Expect to pay around $150.00 for a good antenna.

You can expect basically line of site communication except when using repeater towers. ( 6 to 10 ks on average line of site)

UHF CB radio has a max lawfully permitted transmitt power of 5 watts. Smaller/cheaper sets eg some handhelds, only put out .5 to 1 watt. Good for close proximity work but not for much else.

Additional listening (receive only) channels may be programmed into some UHF CB radios. Usually these are Police channels. Police and other emergency service radio systems are rapidly moving to digital systems which prevent effective listening, so this ability to program additional receive channels, may not be important to you.

My thoughts

Regards

Paul

The GME 4400 is worth serious thought - has selcall (may be of no use to you but) and a bigger display for easy reading. In my view, the Icom IC400 pro is the pic of UHF's going round at present .... you get selcall, group scans, repeater "sniffing", easy dealer upgrade to commercial channels (if required - you need an ACA licence for that, but might be handy one day - in this mode the IC 400 runs on 25 watts - not the 5watt as in CB mode). The aforementioned Prestige Communications seem to have the best deal at present. At present they are chucking in a 3db antenna setup which appeared a great deal to me). I have no affiliation etc.... just researching..... but I need to ring them to verify the above.

I reckon you can always tell when someone is calling you on a GME radio. Much better clarity and range.

I have a TX3400 in a 100 Series GXL - The remote head is mounted in one of the overhead glasses holders. I would recommend you consider that option.

Gaz

TX 3800 is the best GME. You can get the remote head option for it and it has commercial transmit and recieve. Can be programmed with a PC to do almost anything. Software available on the net for under $20.00.

Have had a TX3200 for nearly 3 years now, faultless, even picked up some northern adelaide cb'ers whilst at Kingscote Kangaroo Island, over 160kms.

It works for me.

Regards
Russell