Hardware Costs for UV3R and UV5R

[NorthernRaider]

Well if you need COMPACT but very effective short to intermediate range good quality coms that can be greatly enhanced with better antenna, extension mike / speaker that can be easily adapted to us AA batteries or fitted with 3000ma batteries etc for interfamily comms after TSHTF the UVs are superb as well as being cheap, THEN if you do decide to get a ham licence you already have a very capable set in the UV5.

I got mine at about £30 each compared with the less capable because of its fixed ant Mt50-50 which costs about £80 each or the hand held CBs that are equally far more expensive and bloody huge.

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I'll add that PMR 446 is pretty darn quiet up this region which means more air space for me compared to the chattery ham bands and troll infested cb bands.