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  1. KliersLC

    Vehicle emergency communication question

    https://www.radioddity.com/products/tyt-th-9800-quad-band-mobile-radio-programming-cable I took a quick look around and the only difference I see with the plus model is number of memory channels being higher, and some conflicting reports on cross band reprat being disabled. The original version...
  2. KliersLC

    Vehicle emergency communication question

    Mine can do gmrs, but the fcc has cracked down on some of the Chinese companies, so a new one might require some slight mods to open those frequencies up. They are right next to 70cm, and I've had good results using the same antenna for gmrs as I do for 70cm.
  3. KliersLC

    Vehicle emergency communication question

    Agreed. One of my favorite features is the cross band repeat--lots of radios can do this, but I can park the truck and tune into a repeater, and then cross band that into a simplex freq for a hand held. I can be miles away from the truck with an 8 watt HT and still have 50w and a decent antenna...
  4. KliersLC

    Vehicle emergency communication question

    I have rhe TYT th-9800. It is remarkably decent for a Chinese radio and was unrestricted out of the box as far as I know. I got it used from @izzyandsue and it worked great for several years. Current issues are as follows after ~6 years in an 80, 1 year in the garage, and 1 year in the 100...
  5. KliersLC

    Vehicle emergency communication question

    I agree with what the other two responses have said in general, but with a couple amplifying points (no pun intended) GMRS is UHF--relatively near the 70cm Ham band, and works way better than CB, but is still limited by the inherent characteristics of UHF, namely that it works best for Line of...
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