All my stuff is pretty much ham stuff. Hehe.

Portables
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Radioshack HTX-202 VHF
Radioshack HTX-404 UHF

Base/Mobile
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Yaesu FT-8900R 2m/70cm/6m/10m

Packet
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Motorola MaxTrac VHF

Closet Stuff
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ICOM IC-20 VHF
ICOM IC-22 VHF

welcome

Whoops.

Hello everyone! I'm...Cybo. Thanks Mark.

No problem. I am the not so benevlent moderator... although I think Exk desrvses it more

lol, gee THANKS.

hehe

-Mike

All have to get the model numbers, but all I have is some
CB equipment
1 base station
2 mobile
2 handheld

FRS
3 mobile

Scanner
Uniden BearCat BC 200XLT


What is a good handheld radio for beginners with not alot of money on hand?


Conundrum

It completly depends - what do you want to talk to / listen to?

If you're looking for something that'll do York Regional Police, you need an 800MHz radio that does Motorola Type II trunking - you can either go with a TrunkTracker scanner, or a Motorola commercial radio (MTX8000).

But again, it completly depends on the application.

-Mike

Allright heres my inventory, a couple of these are loaners...

Commercial Handhelds:
Kenwood TK-3102 (uhf 5watt)
Icom IC-U16 (uhf 5watt)
Motorola Radius SP-50 (uhf *ttc rx only*)
Motorola Radius GP-300 (general purpose)

Ham Handhelds:
Yaesu FT-411 (vhf 4watt)

Commercial Mobile:
Motorola Radius M216 (vhf 25watt)

FRS:
A few Motorola's

Yes, and how many of those are mine?

That's right.

-Ex

Posted by ExKa|iBuR It completly depends - what do you want to talk to / listen to? If you're looking for something that'll do York Regional Police, you need an 800MHz radio that does Motorola Type II trunking - you can either go with a TrunkTracker scanner, or a Motorola commercial radio (MTX8000). But again, it completly depends on the application. -Mike

well just want to do FRS, TTC security, TTC Wayside, and any other intersting channels. I have been looking at some of the motorola ones, and got to play around with Avatar-x's Motorola Radius P1225 (i believe that was the model), and found it to be really nice, clear, and had a strong signal. Do you have any idea as to where the best place to get one would be, I don't care what quality its in, just as long as it works, so Im not lookin at new.

Conundrum

If your looking for that, your looking at a 16 channel radio that does 412-470mhz, and its probably gonna be some 16 chan Motorola SP50 or GP300 like, maybe a Jedi style radio. TTC F1-F5 and Wayside are 10 channels, and wayside needs to be scanned to make sense, since its a very simple 5 channel trunk system. So that leaves you 6 channels for whatever, like 3 security and 3 frs.

My radios all have FRS 1,3,7 as long as they support it, so that I can lend them out to people during missions.

I wouldn't get an SP50 or a GP300 to do TTC. The radios aren't designed to work down there. Some of them you can "trick" to work down there, but it's anything but reliable.

If you were to get an MT2000, MTX2000, MTX838 or HT1000 UHF radio, you'd be alright. They can do 403 to 470 right out of the box.

They aren't that expensive either. They can do 255 channels, except the HT1000, which does 16.

-Mike

the sp50 doesnt do that bad on ttc, and its more affordable than a jedi series radio, sure 255 continuous rotary with a top mount display is nice, but then 10 chan sp50 i stole of you does the trick good enough.

SP50 == about 150 bucks.
MTX2000 == about 100 bucks.

SP50 == 10 channels.
MTX2000 == 255 modes.

Which would you rather have?

do enlighten me where you can find a 2000 for 100
and your getting ripped off if your buying a 2 chan sp50 for 150

That's the going rate on e-bay.

-M

I got some SP50s floating around. Gotta see if there stolen but I dont think I am gonna need all them. Let me check the numbers in a week PM me.

Blah, I should obtain some Motorola equipment. All I have is the maxtrac, hehe.

So, Currently what would be the best radio to purchase, I would like to pay under $200 for one, and how would I go around getting it programmed with frequencies.

Conundrum

Well, again, it all depends what you want to talk to.

As for programming, I'm sure that can be taken care of

-Mike