Digitalk 3w handheld UHF any good?

"They both give excellent transmission I'm told." You obviously haven't spoken to Doug T (WA) on your Uniden yet. He won't be able to hear you clearly. ;)

Yes Pat but that's because Doug's set is not installed and set up correctly. Reception quality is just as dependent on antenna and tuning as transmission is. That's a common trap that novice operators like Doug fall into. They blame poor reception on poor transmission of others without rectifying their own problems. I've spent countless hours explaining to Doug the basics of good quality reception and transmission and how to achieve but it all falls on deaf ears and he just insists that it is the "other blokes" radio. I'll keep trying because it's sad to see someone so unhappy.

You're a troublemaker, you are :)

The prices are dropping all the time. $154 may just be a realistic price these days. I don't know anything about that brand but as with a lot of other things we are seeing a lot of 'badge engineering' ie. sold under one brand name but actually identical to another brand when you look inside the box. Worth checking out further.

But that's double what he wants to pay so what is the relevance of telling him that?

Mick,
Have another read of the original post - he only gets the set for $154. He also says he'll buy an external antenna, and I'd guess that will easily take him over $200. IMO may as well get a proper set than spend $200+ on a no name brand that needs batteries, won't transmit as far and is a PITA to use in teh vehicle because its a handheld. He may have thought he'd be looking at $500 for a 5watt set and aerial.

Cheers
Phil

Phil,
Have another look at one of the follow-ups. A bloke said he bought an aerial setup from Electric Bug - $46 for the coax lead, base, PL259 connector and Stubbie Aerial. Maybe he's lying?
Why ever do you think he was thinking he would pay $500?

hehehe I was the bloke. Mick, walk into a UHF radio shop, and ask them how much would it cost for set, aerial, mount etc and they'll tell you $500+.
\He can buy my suggested set and aerial for $237 and $46 for a basic aerial. Thats only $80 more than his no name handheld. What would you buy??

Well done Phil you saw straight through my "bloke" joke. What would I buy? I have already bought a GME TX4400 - "top of the range" - several years ago, but that's as irrelevant as the advice you gave.

Mick, Mick, Mick......sorry I didn't get your "joke".....:-((
I still don't get it......

The relevance is in the last line of GASGQs original post (thats why I quoted it in my original reply). He really wants a "proper in car unit" like yours or mine. His no name Digitalk 3w handheld is costing $159 delivered; While the Uniden UH088sx (same performance as your 4400) with 2 yr warranty is $237 delivered. If I was GASGQ, I'd spend another $78 and buy the real thing.

The thing thats irrelevant here is that you and I are wasting our time because GASGQ has obviously moved on and hasn't replied to anyone's post. Maybe he's gone down to SuperCrap and got a $10 Digitalk handheld like they had on special recently. At least that way he'll only lose $10 rather than $159.

And speaking of relevance, when someone asks for a caravan park in the south of Sydney, why would anyone answer Narrabeen???????

Cheers

Just for starters TX4400 has 60 channels, yours has 40 and that's not even mentioning the more sophisticated electronics and circuitry.
I give up why would they answer Narrabeen? Because they don't have a compass? Or maybe they reversed the polarity on the batteries in their GPS? Or maybe they went to Narrabeen on a Sunday. :))

It also has selcall and CTCSS. Chalk and cheese but you get what you pay for!

ahah! It took some searching but I tracked it down and I have an answer for you! It was not me - it was mick and I am Mick. There's a subtle difference but you will probably have noticed it by now. Pay attention to detail my good man. I really enjoy those extra 20 channels and the advanced circuitry. Oh and I also don't make spelling mistakes. My lower case counterpart does! :)

Cheers Mick :-)))))
Thats amazing. I was a bit surprised when you genuinely had no idea about the reference to Narrabeen seeing it was recent. We'll have to call you Big Mick, and the other guy Little Mick!
All a bit of fun.
I'm no radio buff, have no use for selcall on a UHF, so I buy what I need. I have no idea what CTCSS is but my new one has it too, my old one didn't.

Anyway, just about to hop into the truck and off to Warraweena.
All the best
Phil