UHF Radio
Submitted: Friday, May 18, 2007 at 15:11
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Member - Stephen M (NSW)
Hi all, Just wondering has anybody got or has had one, a UHF GME but the 5 watt hand held units and what they think of them. I left the old uhf in the hilux, so in the process of getting one for the prado. I like the fact you can take it out of the cradle when
parking in city (or around
home shopping centre etc) so no little light fingers will break in and want to flog it as they do even with hard wired ones that are permanatly mounted. They can be put in a cradle on the dash like a mobile phone and also connect up to an external arial for better range etc. Are they any good or better off with one like I had in the dash of the hilux permanantly mounted. Regards Steve M
Reply By: Olcoolone (SA) - Friday, May 18, 2007 at 20:06
Friday, May 18, 2007 at 20:06
Hello Stephen, if getting it stolen is your only concern why dont you do what we did and mount it in the storage area under the arm rest in the centre consol.
Or you could mount it in the clove box as the TX3400 had a remote head and mount the rest away be hind the dash out of site.
The last thing I would want to do is carry a large radio around with me when out of the vehicle.
A vehicle mounted radio is always going to be better then a hand held in the way of performance, easy of opetation and conveniance.
Why not be careful where you park your Prado, I would be more concerned about getting other gears stolen before a radio was.
We have never had anything stolen whilst we are away....but then again we watch were we park.
Regards Richard
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Reply By: Alcoz - Friday, May 18, 2007 at 20:27
Friday, May 18, 2007 at 20:27
Hi Stephen
Got one for my 04 prado a couple of weeks ago.
Put a 9db aerial on the bull bar but had a real time fitting it threw the fire wall had to pull fair part of the passenger side dash apart and popped the big rubber plug to get to the little plug above it!
All in all very neat fit after 3 hrs work!
Apart from that, I've been informed that they are the same as the hard wired ones and so far its seems pretty good.
Use the three hour fast charger with a gme cigarette lighter fitting, cost $14 works a treat.
Regs AL
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