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Old 11-20-2007, 05:59 PM
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Hand held radios

After searching it seem that there are few threads on hand held radio's. I've looked into getting a CB and I've read though some of threads but I can't really justify getting one at the moment.

What I'm looking at is getting a pair of hand held radios but I'm not sure which ones to look for or what features I should even look for. So any help you guys could give me would be great (I don't have a very big budget) or threads on this topic that I missed would be much appreciated.



What about a cheap GPS that I load coordinates into (there's a lot of threads on this but I asked anyways. just to kill a dead horse). Garmin seems to be the most popular.
Old 11-22-2007, 07:44 PM
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It all depends on what you plan to do with them. motorola two ways (the ones you get at wall mart) are nice but lack range, but the motorola uhf/vhf are the best two way I have used and they cost a pocket. Cbs work great, the incabs not the hand held cbs they have a range of a rock thrown by a tot. As for gps a good map will cost 10$ from the USFS or for free you could get a wood cutting map at the USFS or DNR.
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Get a set of these, they are nice.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f97/...-850-a-126578/
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at work we have VHF marine radios (good for ~25 miles) mounted in all the trucks cause cb's just dont have the distance we need. We also have VHF hand helds (good for ~5 miles) for when we gotta get out
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CB are fine for about 5-10miles at best, good for wheeling..

UHF/VHF is much more powerfull but aint cheap. We have some in our work trucks and they are good for 50miles easy..
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Originally Posted by Corey
How much did you pay for them.
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Originally Posted by wormhole
How much did you pay for them.
I think with shipping they were about $100 for the pair.
Well worth it, they are very well constructed, and also can be used in the rain.
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