Survival Radio Musts, Shoulds, Coulds

[Lightspeed]

(31 July 2012, 10:13)NorthernRaider Wrote:

(31 July 2012, 10:08)Lightspeed Wrote: The 5050 is a good piece of kit, and one of the best PMR446 solutions.


Upgradig it to 5w makes it illegal to use at the current time. If that doesn't worry you, than the radio has now beed superceded by the Baofeng UV5r which is also 4w, but has full UHF and VHF coverage and more than 100 user programmable memories.

Y'see THATs exactly the sort of good information us non experts need, The Baofeng UV5 r NOW makes perfect sense to me. I'm definately not bothered by the power rating rules cos as soon as TSHTF every radio I can get hold of will get longer twigs and turned up to full power. Thanks for that VERY useful info.
NR

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I've got a mini RZ with SD next week I hope, so I can look at his PMR unit , and he can play with my H520 Anyone else up north next week would also be welcome to the NRs lair

Thanks LS

Yes, new things keep cropping up and uperceding previous best options all the time. That doesn't make the old best option redundant though. Good kit is good kit regardless.

It is not necesary to rush off and purchase evry new thing that comes along. Personally, I am looking to keep core compatibility in all my kit, and am trying to do the same with recommendatons made here as well.

LS