Jmar1978
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Do any one know of a GMRS handheld web site where I may buy one? Thank you
BTech GMRS-V1 handheld radio
I was thinking of buying one, and I still may. I did find out a friend of mine had one, and I "sat in" with him one morning while he was using it to talk to other local GMRS users. It seems like a decent enough radio for the price.
I have a pair of the BTech GMRS V1's and I concur with bill4long, they are great little handheld radios. You cannot program them
You can program the PL/CTCSS/DCS and acceptable TX power and bandwidth (narrow vs wide) levels, but yeah, the frequencies are fixed per Part 95. Same for the MURS variant.
If you want a fully programmable radio (illegal to use with GMRS, but hams use them on ham frequencies) you can get the UV-82 or UV-82C. (The C variant is Part 90 certified.) B-Tech actually is the only distributor for these radios, and Amazon is the recommended way to get them, IMO.
Manually you can enter the freq. you want to listen and transmit on. Very simple and inexpensive.I have a pair of the BTech GMRS V1's and I concur with bill4long, they are great little handheld radios. You cannot program them but they have all the GMRS frequencies plus they can be used for repeater operation. Got mine from Amazon. Go to the Miklor.com website for more details.
The FH8 is 8 watts.I have one. They work just fine. They are reprogrammed variants of Baofeng UV-82 (which I also have for ham radio) and are decent radios, much better than, say, UV-5R and variants. They make a MURS variant as well. And the UV-82C is Part 90 certified.
I have these RS radios which I believe can transmit ( with License of course) up to 5 Watts on FRS and GMRS bands.
what do Kenwoods cost?My personal favs are Kenwoods. I have several TK 380s. They're built like tanks (you could bludgeon someone with one). They outpace the blister back radios in every respect. Accessories are still fairly easy to come but and relatively inexpensive.
what do Kenwoods cost?
Stop using business or amateur radios for GMRS. The Wouxun KG-805G Basic is FCC approved specifically for GMRS use, so its use is completely legal!