I agree that most of these radios are way more than a 4 wheeler needs
Dan-
Power output can, and will vary from radio to radio. As I think I had told you before, I used to work on microwave transceivers, and a lot of that stuff is tuned by hand and a watchful eye on an oscilloscope. I am sure it's the same with these HAM radios as well. In this case the HAM transceiver is only a few hundred bucks, while the microwave stuff I worked on was $300,000 per radio
Each circuit board cost about $5,000.