UHF radio, 40 channel

Cannot help with an old unit but with the latest released hand helds they have just doubled the output so they are heaps better. Still only cost around $100 - $120. Cheers, Beddo
Surf KZN185
<- Yengo NP, Central Coast NSW

You (or your mate) can get good hand helds now for around $99. Dick Smith has Unidens on special right now for $99, and I have one which I loaned to a mate who came up with me to Fraser Island, and it worked a charm. If you don't like Uniden there are other similarly priced alternatives.
Jack

A hand held normaly would be a good idea but for 4 weeks travel you will have to find one that is 12v rechargable and not have to replace the batterys all the time.

I was thinking of buying a hand held also and was leaning towards the new GME 610 (1 watt) for $126 (also have the GME 4400).

It can be anoying if someone does'nt have a UHF even on a day trip, your mate has 2 months to get one and would be crazy to not do so for such a trip !

Kev.

Leigh,

Handheods are a pain in the bum, in a vehicle. GME TX3200 are less than $300, and are quite adequate. Can always sell it after the trip, though I doubt he would, after seeing how veratile they are.

Weather is magic up here at present, enjoy the desert. Going to be -2 in the Alice tomorrow!!! Hooroo...

PS I don't want to sell my old set, we've had it over 20 years. Like one of the family...

Leigh,
Two bits of bad news I'm in Perth and I don't have a spare UHF, sorry. I got my first UHF radio from Cash Convertors, you get a bit of a warranty and you can pick them up really cheap, a bit of bargaining also works wonders. We have a local paper here in the West called the Quokka paper here, free to advertise you must have something similar in Melbourne, usually something in there, again cheap.Keep the shiny side up

I know one of my mates has an older radio for sale which was working just fine before he took it out to put in a radio which i sold him....
I sold him a motorola industrial radio because it hides under the seat with just the mike exposed which has all the controls on it... (just thought i would say all that so you can see why he took it out)...
The radio for sale is a Uniden Sundowner... I dont know if they are good or bad,,, maybe someone here can clarify and he wants $120 for it..._____________________________________________
Countin the days till July 4th. *Cape York Trip*
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Leigh,
I'd just like to back up what Bob Y wrote about buying one and then selling it after the trip. Prestige Communications are the cheapest supplier of uhf in Aust. I've only just recently bought a gme tx3200 from these people with 6db uniden aerial for $358 delivered to my door in 48hrs of ordering. I've been down the road of trying to buy 2nd hand from places like e-bay but by the end of auction they are not that much cheaper than new. To give you an idea, I bid on a uniden uho13 with aerial, these units can be bought for around $409, the sucessful bidder paid $371 + $15 postage and handling + no guarntee. So a tx3200 package would surely get around the $280 and therefore costing your mate about $70. You won't buy 2nd hand for that.
Just my thought
Relaxed.

You say you dont expect your mate to buy a radio like yours, well if its life and death out there, whats $300-450?

Would be easier and cheaper for you to get a 27meg.. can get them for dirt now.

Thank you everyone for your views and suggestions...they have been appreciated. I will put the various suggestions to my mate and perhaps also transfer the burden of choice to his shoulders. He is unlikely to do another trip of this magnitude and being frugal with his money is unlikely to take a choice many of us would consider logical. Thanks again...& Cheers!