Handheld UHF??

buffy61 · Senior Member

Handheld UHF??

Turtle 8 · Veteran Member

Hi Buffy

I use an handheld Uniden no problems at all and don't need big aerial

deverall11 · Guru

Hi Buffy
I have a handheld Uniden 5 Watts. Works fine for talking to the truckies. With no external aerial, range is compromised.
Larry

exa41 · Guru

Hi Buffy ,use them all the time in the CFA , not bad to use , depends what you want to use it for. short range ok but could be suspect over distance.

bill12 · Guru

I have a spare handheld I use when someone in the other vehicle hasn,t got a radio.It works great over distances up to a couple on klms.Car uhfs have more range. Bill

Cruising Granny · Guru

I use 2 UHF in my pilot vehicle and we need a hand-held. It's a GME 80 channel, and the range is only about 500 metres or less.
The units in my vehicle are a GME 80 channle and the Uniden was in the vehicle when I bought it.
I also wore out the Uniden in the Lancruiser. The hand piece goes after a while.
Hand held is great for communicating while parking up, but you'll only get traffic information from vehicles in your immediate vicinity.
You may enquire about attaching a bigger antenna to the vehicle which will give the radio more range.
Have fun with that.

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

I use a GME TX6100 handheld 5W unit. Have had it for about two years and find it excellent for travelling. Australian owned and made as well.

I have the adaptor to connect to an external antenna but have not seen the need (yet) to get one installed. It has quite a good range when I take it with me bushwalking. Certainly very good range for talking to trucks on the road.

I also have the 12v charger as well as the standard 240v charger.

This will give you info - http://www.gme.net.au/products/radio-communications/uhf-477mhz-handhelds/TX6100

Cheers - John

Jonathan · Senior Member

.. I have had (2) Icom 41 handheld CB's for some time .. Certainly reliable though a little more expensive to purchase .. were (software) updated from 40 to 80 channels and are used regularly in other activities .

Have recently fitted another Icom (440N) as my permanent in car vehicle radio .. Choice of brand is simply personal preference ..

briche · Guru

Hi Buffy, I run a handheld with a power output of 5 watts or 1/2 watt selectable and an external aerial, just a simple tuned wipe and get very good coverage. Must admit I only use it for highway work but being portable lets me take it when away from the car.

briche

GaryKelly · Guru

I have a pair of hand held but no teeth hehe... so I haven't used them yet.

dING · Senior Member

I have a baofeng 4 watt uhf vhf handheld tis programable cost $55.00 to ya door excellent value

Just down load a program from the net called CHIRP tis free plug the radio into your puter and

It goes where ya tell it to --- have programed mine with the 80 cb channels + a few extra

It scans and does just about anything you want to do -- and I just bought a 3db gain antenna

For it from China (of course) at the cost less than $4.00 delived to my door and they are excellent

Value for money covers the 2 m bands a well if you are licensed = good value for ya IMHO

Foz · Veteran Member

Hi Buffy,

I know you're after handheld info but I have the same problem, changing trucks continuously.

Have a Uniden screwed to a piece of ply, nicely polished of course. Velcro on the bottom of the ply allows the unit to stick to the dash mat.

Installed a cig lighter plug to the power cord.

Routed the external aerial lead out through rear of cab through the vents behind seats to aerial mounted on U bolt aerial plate attached to load bar.

You can also use a magnetic base aerial if that's better for you.

A mate has the same set-up, just sits the unit on the passenger seat instead of the dash.

If that's any help, good. It works for me.

regards, Foz

buffy61 · Senior Member

Thanks for all your replies everyone!! Now to go search the worldwide web!! :)

jetj · Guru

dING wrote:
I have a baofeng 4 watt uhf vhf handheld tis programable cost $55.00 to ya door excellent value

Just down load a program from the net called CHIRP tis free plug the radio into your puter and

It goes where ya tell it to --- have programed mine with the 80 cb channels + a few extra

It scans and does just about anything you want to do -- and I just bought a 3db gain antenna

For it from China (of course) at the cost less than $4.00 delived to my door and they are excellent

Value for money covers the 2 m bands a well if you are licensed = good value for ya IMHO

I have a Baofeng 5 watt too. Programmed the 80 ch plus others as well. Great value!