After acquiring a Xhdata D-219 and then their D-109WB I've come to realize I'm never going to recapture the thrill I got from listening to the Hallicrafters that was handed down to me in the early 70's nor will I be able to find news broadcasts from far off lands like I'd hoped to. They're both enjoyable, these just aren't the right tool in case of yet another once in a lifetime storm or other disaster. After seeing several people mention how they used GMRS (specifically the Tidradio TD-H3) to both find news from outside the area as well as communicate with others it seemed like this was more inline with what I was looking for but I've read how using one of these is really the first step in getting a ham license and having much greater capabilities than the GMRS license. I live in Chicagoland don't know what kind of range I'd have/need and understand that this could likely be the start of needing to obtain even more stuff to take care - or I could be adding to the pile of CB radios I have in a closet that I don't need anymore and never lived up to my expectations.
So to finally get around to my question,could a TD-H3 be a decent radio to begin with? Any other options that people might suggest?
So to finally get around to my question,could a TD-H3 be a decent radio to begin with? Any other options that people might suggest?
