Board:   [DoveNet] HAM Radio
Subject: RE: best gmrs transceiver
From:    Robert Wolfe
Date:    Wed Jul 08, 2026 13:00

@VIA: KLYNTAR

On Jul 08, 2026 07:41am, FUSION wrote to Robert Wolfe:

 F> the FCC likes it if you use a GMRS-specific radio. ialways
liked the
 F> UV-82 and the GMRS-V2 that's based off it is nice, but it looks
like
 F> there are a ton (just as an example, not familiar with the site)
here:
 F> https://shop.mygmrs.com/

I've looked ayt this site and tbh drooled over the repeater they
have listed in their shop :P

 F> tbh though if you're going to put one in your car (or maybe on
your
 F> desk) all the mobiles are junk, especially at the price they're
sold,
 F> and it's really not worth paying premium for them when you can
get a
 F> Motorola XPR model on eBay (search for like 'motorola XPR 403'
or
 F> something) in the same sort of $180-220 range. pretty much
everyone ends
 F> up with one of those motorolas

thamnks fotr the feedback.. I wqsa lucky enough to catch the local
repeater(local as in 5 miles away house at the same location as
the transmitter for our local Fox TV affiliate WUTV ch. 29.)  alive
with chatter this morning.  So I keyed up an introduced myself.

.... Platinum Xpress & Wildcat!..... Nice!!!!
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