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Thanks for the impressions! Do you have a Baofeng UV-5R to compare to? It's a huge upgrade in audio quality, spurious emissions and power wise and is around 55 dollars. The UV3R can be had for 40 dollars now actually.

I don't like the look of it, looks like an off the shelf walkie-talkie, not a HT. How does it compare to a UV5R? Or a UV3R even?

Ehm, not sure really, never been to the northern territory, but you can go to the top at certain times, it's sort of jointly managed and the name Ulurus-Ayer's rock reflects that. DX is long range contact right? Sorry i'm new to this and don't have anything below VHF. Since you can go to the...

Yes it is! VK1: ACT VK2: NSW VK3: Victoria VK4: Queensland VK5: South Australia VK6: Western Australia VK7: Tasmania VK8: Northern Territory

Looks like i will have to get a Icom UHF CB radio and a dual-bander like a Yaesu VX-6R or FT60R then. Thanks for the recommendations!

Thanks for the welcome! The 476/477MHz CB band is unique to Australia, and it falls outside of many countries' ham band allocations so it's very hard to find a radio that does both of them, apart from the Chinese Wouxuns, Baofengs etc, but i was looking for something better, especially on the...

Hey everyone, i'm new to this forum, and to the hobby itself actually. The first radio i've got just a couple of days ago was a Baofeng UV-5R, which for the money (under 60 dollars) is very well built and satisfies most of my needs. I'm using it with a MFJ 1717SF, so the range is quite good as...