SYNTRX UHF TRANSCEIVER

F4, don't touch it with a Barge Poll.

You'd be far better looking at somthing like this:

Uniden UH-011

Or

wait around for a GME TX3000 to show up, both are older models but very reliable and not badly priced normally.

Unless you really know what your doing steer away from the ex-commercial type radio's otherwise you will most likley find yourself disappointed and outta pocket.

Bought a uniden 0-11 sundowner of ebay for a neighbour ,fine stuff watching the bidding in the last few min , can only say will not do an electronic item off ebay again, item was NOTas described ,still had wet black paint when it arrived , cost another $120 to have unit fixed by radio shop to get it to work , beware the "bargain".

Evening F4Phantom,

I have a Syntrx mounted under the seat in my Patrol with the mic connected to a remote cable head under the dash, and find it a fantastic neat unit. As for the other units mentioned earlier I have no experiance with them and they may be very good units also but as for the Syntrx, I wouldnt buy anything else unless it was a hell of a good deal. The unit I have transmittes at just over 21w which gives me a lot better range than most you can buy at places like DS etc that generaly (not all) only transmit at only 5w. They are a few years old now but a good one will still be going when the second coming occures, their built like brick out houses. From what I have learnt they were used in aircraft , by the police in most states and the emegency services as well up untill the late 90's. I was a bit put off by the display being in the mic before I started using mine but have found it fantastic as all the controls are right there at your finger tips and in your face where you can see them.
If you want any more info drop me a line and I'll tell you what I can or try and find out for you.
Note: NO I do not sell them in any way or form, I simply have one and strongly recomend them.

The Syntrx was a commercial unit of quite a few years ago which met commercial specs, inlcuding 20-odd watts output, and was legal for the application it was designed for. It can be programmed to the UHF CB channels, but the output exceeds the legal limit. Also needs to be programmed by a techie.
Gerry

THankyou for your clear answers, looks like it they are the radio you would want, if you were aloud to have one.

There's one in the trader section for $200. I was tempted but the alternative is a GME 3200 from Prestige Coms for $299 bundled with an antenna. I'm leaning towards to GME.

Adrian