Thread: Hand Held Radio

I have the 2 watt unidens, they work reasonably well but if you get just over the other side of a ridge they are crap, whereas i believe 5 watt ones are better, a bit more power to push over. In saying that UHF is still only really line of sight.

The 5w Midland units (and others) cheap as off ebay look attractive, but be aware that many of these operate on frequencies that are illegal to use in NZ, and theres big fines if they caught you, they do police it.