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Old 04-03-2007, 05:20 PM   #1
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Hi all,

can anyone recommend me a good quality UHF radio? I need one for both club and AFF events.

I understand quality costs money so i am not adverse to spending some coin to get a decent one, but I don't want one that I need a degree to use.

Any suggestions for particular models or stores to buy one are appreciated.

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Old 04-03-2007, 05:39 PM   #2
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how much do you want to spend, and what are you after? handheld or a proper car mounted unit?
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Old 04-03-2007, 05:39 PM   #3
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I take it you want a hand held and not an In-car unit.

Get a GME or Uniden hand held and you will be fine

Don’t wast your time with the .5 Watt-1 watt units, spend a bit of money and get a 2 or 5 watt unit so you can have a bit of range with the thing, something like the UH056 or TX630

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Old 04-03-2007, 05:42 PM   #4
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I bought a 5km one from supercheap for 30 bucks. Its what I use on our cruises, and when long distance driving, and it works great.
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Old 04-03-2007, 05:47 PM   #5
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how much do you want to spend, and what are you after? handheld or a proper car mounted unit?

I want a hand held unit.
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Old 04-03-2007, 06:14 PM   #6
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I love mine at the moment, i got a Uniden UHO44 for only $80 with extended warranty from Dick Smith's last year. Its got half decent range for a handheld with 2watts transmit. It uses 3AA's and is pretty light on the juice.

You can get cheaper ones from Supercheap with 0.5w for about $30 but their range is crap and i figured the nicer one would last longer
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Old 04-03-2007, 06:31 PM   #7
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Very Nice Uniden UH-075 $397 (recommended)
http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.st...uct/View/D1779

Cheap, good DSE $297
http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.st...uct/View/D1801

Most models are on the DSE site for details and price help.
http://dseau.resultspage.com/search....0handheld&rk=2
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Old 04-03-2007, 06:38 PM   #8
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Jaycar; digitech DC-1040 $59. 40ch, 8km range. Should work
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Old 04-03-2007, 08:31 PM   #9
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thanks everyone for all the responses.

I'll go shopping this week.
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Old 04-03-2007, 10:25 PM   #10
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The best hand held would be the GME TX6200, , about $350 .....

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I've got a GME TX6200, great UHF. Only thing I'd recommend is get a desktop charger when you buy it, the trickle charger takes hours to charge it, whereas the desktop one takes 1 hour.
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Old 06-03-2007, 09:38 AM   #12
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Another vote for the GME's ........

We have the TX6000 .... an older model but is excellent for any application ;)
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Old 06-03-2007, 09:45 AM   #13
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Chris there are some you can get for under $50 (usually 2 units also) from places like Mitre 10 etc...

You don't need an extremely flash or expensive unit for cruises to be honest.

Good luck with whatever you decided though.
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