Looking for a something I can take skiing, so it can't be bulky, somewhat weather resistant, and be able to cover a mile or two in mountainous terrain.
You can recommend a big bulky radio to me but I will never get my wife to carry it.
I started researching bubble packs before I found this forum and was trying to learn the transmitting power of various models. Open to other selections. Have paid my $65 licence fee. I see people here discussing commercial solutions but in the brief investigation I did they all seemed quite bulky.
At first I was looking at Midland GXT1000 variants owing to their 5 watt transmitters, but I saw a review here that questioned their quality. Motorola is a popular choice but has a weak under 2 watt transmitter. Cobra is another with a similarly weak transmitter. It seems that although GMRS is line of sight a stronger transmitter might punch through snow, trees, etc, a little better? But maybe quality of the parts matters more.
Some of those weak transmitter radios are very small, under two inches thick and less than six inches tall, similar to the size of a cell phone, which is appealing. Cobra CXT645. 2 watts I believe. Midland has a new physically smaller X Talker line but they don't advertise the wattage so I suspect they nerfed it.
What would you recommend?
You can recommend a big bulky radio to me but I will never get my wife to carry it.
I started researching bubble packs before I found this forum and was trying to learn the transmitting power of various models. Open to other selections. Have paid my $65 licence fee. I see people here discussing commercial solutions but in the brief investigation I did they all seemed quite bulky.
At first I was looking at Midland GXT1000 variants owing to their 5 watt transmitters, but I saw a review here that questioned their quality. Motorola is a popular choice but has a weak under 2 watt transmitter. Cobra is another with a similarly weak transmitter. It seems that although GMRS is line of sight a stronger transmitter might punch through snow, trees, etc, a little better? But maybe quality of the parts matters more.
Some of those weak transmitter radios are very small, under two inches thick and less than six inches tall, similar to the size of a cell phone, which is appealing. Cobra CXT645. 2 watts I believe. Midland has a new physically smaller X Talker line but they don't advertise the wattage so I suspect they nerfed it.
What would you recommend?