Thread: the best uhf cb radio?

Here's a logic - they all work good enough for purpose.

And expensive radio is no better for you than a cheap unit that works well and is reliable.

I have a GME commercial unit, but only because the price was unbeatable!

We also have a Uniden and 2 other cheaper GME units and they are all working great.

You won't notice the performance difference of a $200 Uniden vs a $700 commercial unit in normal use.

Originally Posted by RangieBit

And that is one of the noticeable but less obvious differences between the consumer and commercial units in some cases.

If the unit is capable of shouting it is often capable of hearing a whispered reply. Have a look at the sensitivity (and selectivity) stats between the two types and you might notice some differences in the numbers.

Of course in the real everyday world, for perhaps convoy work, you'll never notice. In an emergency situation it might just make a difference. Enough to justify one versus the t'other? Not for me to decide.

Them's my observations.

Cheers,
Iain

This is the truth i have been in the radio scene for many years and with UHF the comercial units far outperform the store brought jobies in both transmit and receive
I have had phillips FM900's and PRM80's and on receive alone they would outperform any of the gme or uniden stuff that mates had and we all use to run the same type of antenna as for transmit i could be heard crystal clear in the car to a mate on a hill with a base radio running a 9db stick and a uniden his advantage was hight and were he could hear me on both UHF and 27MHZ i could only get him on the 27MHZ we had many experiments with running the FM 900 in car and the PRM80 at base on hill with both running 25W out we could talk some verry long ranges even more so if i parked up on a nice hill like MT Berrico near Glouster NSW i could talk back to my mate in newcastle like i was in his street distance in a straight line with very little obstruction was about 100K

With all the playing around years ago with UHF and 27mhz stuff i found that bang for buck ICOM wins hands down in both the UHF and HF/VHF department I had a 400 pro and it was set at 3 power levels 5,15 and 25 watts was a good unit its still running today and is about 10 years old i upgraded a few years back with ICOM F221's was before the 80chan UHF was approved tho i programed the freqs in anyways tho never used them and hardly have now for that matter .
I like the 221 because of the extra channels which i use for receive only and having the ability of 45watts output and sell call and scrambled transmit between my 2 radios .

Tho all in all there probably is no best UHF but there is lots of choice and as the old saying goes you get what you pay for and as for advice on what to buy you can take in what has been posted here by others and my self and make your own decision as its you that you have to please and forum based advice can be taken in as food for thought and everybody has their own opinion im just stating facts that i had tested and found what worked best for my needs

Best of luck and 73's