UNIDEN UH076SX-NB 5 WATT UHF 80 CH READY RADIO

Hi mazcan,

You mean to say that ACMA gives us a choice when we want to buy a new UHF set? :-) I only wish!

My guess would be that there are quite a few businesses out there using UHF CB, rather than going commercial and thus incurring the various costs that would entail. On that basis, there would be people using the 40ch for business, competing with those who want to communicate for pleasure or safety reasons and in some locations (say) 200 potential users into 40 channels just don't go. OK, so allocating 80 channels is only going to halve the problem in the scenario I've postulated, but that has to be better than nothing.

Every time I think I've got it sussed, they insist on changing the rules on us - remember the 27 meg CB's we used to have?

Never mind, I'm still using 40ch UHF and will do so until it won't serve my purpose any longer - unless they pump a high-wattage carrier wave through every channel in the range, just to teach us a lesson.

Regards,


Charlie

Thanks Darian.

Good tip re battery life. I'm now also looking at GMEs.

Cheers.

Thanks Merv.

Yes I should have specified use. I have an in-car GME 40 Ch which I won't be changing anytime soon. The handheld is for out of car use.

Cheers.

Many thanks Ross.

I am now researching GME's as well.

Cheers.

Hi Bruce.

Sorry to be so late with a response; been a bit busy...

Yes, the Wouxon's are impressive (a couple of the Club members have them) and I was thinking of one but I think I'd prefer an Oz warranty.

Cheers.

John.

Bruce

I hope I,m not taking over the thread, but I,m also looking at hand helds at the moment and the wouxan looks good, but is it hard to programme it?

Hi Boo BOO,
They are not hard to program once you have worked out the software.

I did not do mine but a friend who is a ham radio operator did it for me while I was looking over his shoulder. Seemed simple enough to me.

However, they come pre programmed with most of the frequencies you want anyway so there is no great need to program them unless you want to add some frequencies.

The beauty is, as far as I know, that you can program in the bush fire brigade and many other frequencies and leave out the transmit frequency so that it becomes a scanner only if you wish.

Cheers, Bruce.

Thanks Bruce

But, I spoke to one of my sons last night and he has a near new Uniden 5w he doesn't use so he is giving it to me on a semi permenent loan.

Those Wouxan's still look like a good buy, don't they.