G5 UHF Performance

[WX4JCW]

I was actually pretty surprised how well this radio does on UHF, I’m a good bit away from the repeaters and it’s clear as a bell

 

[radio3353]

What is all of that background noise (in the video, not on the G5)?

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

What is all of that background noise (in the video, not on the G5)?

Who cares? It's barely noticeable. G5 sounds loud and clear & that's all that really matters isn't it?

 

[WX4JCW]

What is all of that background noise (in the video, not on the G5)?

My Truck and AC

 

[radio3353]

Who cares? It's barely noticeable. G5 sounds loud and clear & that's all that really matters isn't it?

Pardon me for asking a question

 

[mshumeyk]

I was going to add that if you add the CTCSS or DPL you can get rid of the squelch tails (if you so desire) but a quick check shows me the LACFD Blue channels are mainly CSQ. I have a G3 and G5 here on the East Coast and have been very pleased with their performance on VHF-Hi, 400Mhz and 700-800mHz on both digital and analog. Portability, durability, battery life and clear audio in high noise environments are some of my favorite qualities of these units. I especially like the ability on the tone outs to to record and instantly play back the dispatch I might have missed. Certainly the Unications lack the versatility of regular scanners (of which I have several) but my Unications are my choice for on the go monitoring and for Tone Dispatch Alerting when not actively monitoring.

 

[blackbelter]

Using my G5 ( Blue banded supplied stubby antenna), I monitor a small UHF , DMR system with great sounds and decoding.

 

[markjrenna]

sadly, it's better than that sds 200 with an outboard antenna.

 

[WX4JCW]

Pardon me for asking a question

No it’s all good, problem is it’s close to 100f here so got to run the AC especially with the dog, not comparing as I hate cold weather

 

[WX4JCW]

Using my G5 ( Blue banded supplied stubby antenna), I monitor a small UHF , DMR system with great sounds and decoding.

It doesn’t use the stubby for VHF/UHF from what I gather it uses an internal antenna or did they change it?

 

[mshumeyk]

It doesn’t use the stubby for VHF/UHF from what I gather it uses an internal antenna or did they change it?

On the G5 the blue stubby is for 700-800 band reception, while there is an internal antenna for VHF high.
On the G3 the green stubby is for 400 band (UHF) reception and the VHF high band is via the internal antenna.

 

[markjrenna]

It doesn’t use the stubby for VHF/UHF from what I gather it uses an internal antenna or did they change it?

G5, VHF is internal. It's impressive.

 

[WX4JCW]

G5, VHF is internal. It's impressive.

Yeah I can hit ICI and LA County from here and I actually got a hit but no reception on LAPD here, that’s 50 miles west

 

[WX4JCW]

sadly, it's better than that sds 200 with an outboard antenna.

I have a SDS200 with one of the Larsen Tri Banders, it’s not that bad, I listen to Rail a lot and it works pretty well, but it’s a scanner, it’ll never outdo a dedicated commercial radio in most cases

 

[blackbelter]

I merely mentioned the blue banded antenna to forward the effectiveness of the G5 internal antenna. I realize that G5 uses internal antenna for the UHF /VHF bands.
Thanks,

 

[WX4JCW]

I merely mentioned the blue banded antenna to forward the effectiveness of the G5 internal antenna. I realize that G5 uses internal antenna for the UHF /VHF bands.
Thanks,

Its all good, I asked because I wasn’t sure

 

[blackbelter]

Thank you for your response.