My real life Bug Out Radio

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(27 July 2012, 15:24)Hrusai Wrote: thank you for that LS...i proclaim you the radio lord xD

honestly though that pretty much exactly the sort of thing i'd be looking to get, i do have a question though, whats the difference between uv-3r and say uv-5r...as neither terms are things ive heard before, is it to do with power, wavelength? range?

thanks again for this

On the face of it the UV5r is the better radio hands down. It operates on the same ferquencies as the 3r , but has more power and its memories can be alpha tagged , which makes using them far far easier. Both radios cost approx the same.

If I could only afford one radio it would be the UV 5R.

But the downside of the 5r is that its larger and consumes more power.

Here in the Lightspeed houshold I have both types of radio, and its the UV3r type that gets most use purely because its easier to carry.

So the answer is both are good. if you want serious close in comms, get one of each. But also look at the discussions on CB and NVIS as these are both valid choices as well.

LS