Thread: Plug and Play UHF

Originally Posted by Tombie

All of it

I tried sticking a magnetic light to the bonnet of the D3 and it wouldn't stick. Stuck to everywhere else though.

Originally Posted by Disco-tastic

I tried sticking a magnetic light to the bonnet of the D3 and it wouldn't stick. Stuck to everywhere else though.

My apologies you are correct!
I was thinking along the lines of the roof...

Originally Posted by weeds

Given the amount of use most UHF's get a handheld might be good option.

We have a couple of plug and play units in the office but you need to be be happy with a magnet base on your paintwork.

I just did a 10 day camping trip and didn't use it once to talk to anybody, turned it on just the once to listen for what was up with traffic.

Just drove 500km last night to get to a job site, turn it on when approaching the range and that was it.

The times i do use it is for line of sight, a couple of hundred meters I.e. Getting around a wide load etc.

I have a regular 80 channel UHF fitted and so does the Missus as we usually travel in 2 cars (1x boat and 1x van) we use these to keep in touch and we also carry a hand held UHF for chan40 and this works perfectly.
If you are Not travelling in convoy then a simple hand held unit will do the job just fine

Even when coach driving out of the metro area, a 40ch - 2W UNIDEN handheld in the top pocket worked fine for communicating with Pilot-escort vehicles. Best range was around 5 km open road/Pilot in front of me.

I'd suggest a 5W handheld, cradled, and a good bullbar mounted antenna,
- Second-best would be a gutter-mount antenna, where a wire whip would suffice for convoy use and a bit more. Running the cable under the door-seal might be a potential leak-point.