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tmf6902 Senior Enthusiast

tmf6902

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I am looking for some 2 way radio's for my fiance. Here are the requirements.

 

I am looking for a total of 6 units, that can all communicate with each other.

They need to be weather proof or resistant.

they need a range of probably 10-15 miles? Aint that a biatch.

And they need to be handheld.

 

Her boss is looking for them so to use when they are looking for sea turtle nests. They'll have to be able to reach from the northern most beaches of Broward county, FL to the southern most point, and be able to take a beating, and the beach.

 

thanks for the help

 

TMF

k1500chevy97 Senior Enthusiast

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If your looking 10-15 miles i dont think that a simplex system radio to radio will do mobile to mobile maybe but not portable to portable .

I think you might need to go with a repeater .

 

As for brands I would reccomend Motorola, icom and kenwood.

I have 3 motorola portables (handheld) and a motorola maxtrac mobile (mounted in truck) and they work great .

 

The gp300 is by far the toughest portable out there IMO its kinda an oldie but a goodie and I dont think its waterproof but it has been dropped in many a ditches and kept on going still is to this day and it is my main portable for the farm .

 

I also have a ht1000 great portable cant say enough good things about it but kinda pricey at 800 bucks.

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k1500chevy97 Senior Enthusiast

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Nextel would be a good idea depending on the coverage area (i dont know if they work off of cell phone systems or not i am assuming they are).

Around here they have basically no coverage we checked into them earlier this year

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