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has anyone got the latest GME unit prs? How does it compare to the Uniden? Is there any others to consider when buying a radio?

HBpajero wrote:has anyone got the latest GME unit prs? How does it compare to the Uniden? Is there any others to consider when buying a radio?

I haven't got a GME but if you have a look on some of the Aussie forums GME seem to be regarded as a slightly better product than the Uniden.
I have used the Uniden UHO12 UHO15 and they got far too hot for my liking, most antenna manufacturers advertise their antena's as having minimum SWR we however found most were at around 1.5:1 and some slightly above this. Through dismantling the antenna and trimming with the use of a MFJ antenna annalyser we were able to get SWR down to 1.2:1 but those Unidens still ran hot, biggest problem I see with them is lack of a decent heat sink on them to disipate heat. I now use a Tait commercial radio which along with having a higher output (25 watts) it has a receive far superior to any PRS radio.

my uniden oh15 sits on my dash haven't noticed the heat thing with it, as most of the time the aircon keeping the screen clear

coxsy wrote:my uniden oh15 sits on my dash haven't noticed the heat thing with it, as most of the time the aircon keeping the screen clear

x2. Its run all day long on trips with no ill effect on top of my dash.

TJ wrote:

coxsy wrote:my uniden oh15 sits on my dash haven't noticed the heat thing with it, as most of the time the aircon keeping the screen clear

x2. Its run all day long on trips with no ill effect on top of my dash.

They will run all day with no problem it is the heat generated after period of transmit that is the prolem, fitting a heatsink and maybe a computer fan would help but a lot of heat is generated by the display unit itself which relatively little can be done to solve. At one time I did a power mod on a syncro Eagle which lifted power output from 5 to 10 watts and this still ran cooler than the Unidens. We switched to the Tait and Motorola units and even after extended periods of transmit at 25 watts the units were still barely warm. Icom and Yaesu also make some very good 25watt commercial radio's that are approximately the same price as the Unidens and these also have far better receivers than Unidens or GME's. Most of the the PRS radio's are grossly over priced for what they are. Try comparing prices to some of the 70cm Ham rigs and you will see what I mean.

Fourbyfour wrote:Try comparing prices to some of the 70cm Ham rigs and you will see what I mean.

I know what you mean about Ham radios, but thats not what I wanted for now (and I don't think OP wants it for now either). Ham radios have their place, but it involves a lot more than just a good radio.

HBpajero wrote:has anyone got the latest GME unit prs? How does it compare to the Uniden? Is there any others to consider when buying a radio?

I gotta GME TX3440. Seems to work well has the remote display on the mic which I find handy because the actual unit is out of sight.

has anyone got one of those ZARES prs 4.7Watt Handheld?
Ive seen them on Trademe and i see theres a few more of them on there now.
Are they any good?