UHF recomendation

[scott oz]

Looking for advice on what is a good UHF to put into a vehicle.

Needs to be simple to operate and have a remote head. The radio is for a mate for when we travell to centeral Australia and other places to be determined

Dual band, programable would be good but not imperative as he's unlikely to "play" with it.

[33chinacars]

In order of quality. Icom - GME - Uniden - then the rest.

ICOM AUSTRALIA: UHF CB

This has a remote head/speaker.

GME & Uniden models with remote head you have to mount a separate speaker

Gary

[djam1]

Just mounted a GME TX3520 and it didnt need an external speaker
Works a treat it has a remote head

[RangieBit]

X2 as Gary says in terms of quality.

You'll generally find that price is a good starting point although low price is not necessarily an indicator of a poor quality unit. All are generally up to the task required but the higher price often provides a more robust unit that will stand the rigours of outback use. Quite a few of the high end units are based on commercial units which tend to be built to a much tougher standard.

There is a difference between "remote" units.

The remote head units, like the GME 3520, which have all the controls installed on a separate face plate, mounted wherever is convenient in the vehicle. These typically have a conventional mike and the option of an external speaker rather than the one often mounted in the main body of the unit.

The controller units, like the indicated Icom one, have all the controls mounted in the handset so this is typically a combined mic/controller/speaker. These units option an external speaker since the base radio unit is typically very small and intended to be tucked away somewhere discreet, making the inclusion of a speaker in this part of the unit pointless. Sometimes the speaker in the handset is not all that clear also.

So, depending on what you require for discretion/lack of surface space/convenience there are many options available.

Make a list of what functions you'd like to have on the unit, where it has to be mounted, and have a look around at what's out there. There are very many options available. If you don't want to tailor the radio in any way they are all very simple to operate.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Iain