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I looking to but a radio at the moment, problem is one group of mates i go with use CB and the local club use UHF is there a type that does both? and where do you recommend going??

There is one that dose both

http://www.uniden.co.nz/NEW_ZEALAND/p_uh095sx_index.asp

does it pick up police signal?

for that you would want a scanner which is different again

you can get PRS and scanner but you cant have all three

http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/47411cb2009ef01a2740c0a87f3306ba/Product/View/D1863

ok thanks PR how come the police channel is open to anyone to listen??

madterrano wrote:ok thanks PR how come the police channel is open to anyone to listen??

Freedom to public informantion

Jezza wrote:

madterrano wrote:ok thanks PR how come the police channel is open to anyone to listen??

Freedom to public informantion

What he said

Cheers Jezza I was outside mowing the lawns

Pays not to hold all ya eggs in one basket.If the multi radio sh*ts itself you loose your comms which could end up being a life line.

giovanni wrote:Pays not to hold all ya eggs in one basket.If the multi radio sh*ts itself you loose your comms which could end up being a life line.

This is true

In my truck I have a truck mounted PRS(UHF), a Truck mounted CB(AM)
and a hand held PRS sitting in the center consol just in case and it comes in very handy when you are out of your truck helping people

madterrano wrote:ok thanks PR how come the police channel is open to anyone to listen??

Not for much longer ... they are going secure digital ... to many bad guys making use of the information ...

I have noticed that they are using cell phones more and more till that happens so there is less and less to listen to.

I have 2 uniden units ...one AM and one UHF
I also have a pair of hand held UHF units which I give to others on the trip.

The scanner is a hand held unit because I toss it in my pocket when the pager goes off, it helps to know what sort of fire I'm turning out to ...

dazza85 wrote:

madterrano wrote:ok thanks PR how come the police channel is open to anyone to listen??

Not for much longer ... they are going secure digital ... to many bad guys making use of the information ...

I have noticed that they are using cell phones more and more till that happens so there is less and less to listen to.

There is an asian guy I work with that like gadgets he already has a scanner that can pick up cell calls that are being bounced off the nearst tower and he says that in hong kong they have ones that can scan the secure digital voice and the secure digital text channels that are in america it looks more like a LCD screen and he is just waiting to see what the frequenices will be here

Uniden do a UHF radio / police scanner built into one for $420, they also do a CB / UHF for about $400. Have a look on trade me.

this asian guy seems a little suspect lol

any way, so i think ill get a CB now and PRS next.

madterrano wrote:this asian guy seems a little suspect lol

any way, so i think ill get a CB now and PRS next.

The little asian guy is the asia sales rep for Tait Communations and just drives his shuttle in the down time to keep him self ammused

hahaha so can he give me a good deal on some gear???

madterrano wrote:hahaha so can he give me a good deal on some gear???

I am still trying to get some stuff through him

I just brought a Uniden UN073X handheld.
It seems real good so far.
3 Watt..metal case & waterproof.
I got a handheld as it s easy to take out of vehicle when not in use & if i drown it it will still go if my electrics are dead.
Plus i couldnt be bothered with a hard wired one.
I got it off trademe brand new....about $80 cheaper than Dick Smith.

I bought one of these off trade me and it works great, and cheap only $150.00 i was concerned when i saw the price that it may not work very well but its great - half the normal price


http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-ph ... 521717.htm

any one know offhand if the current police frequencies are going to opened for public use when they go digital? seems they have better range with those than we can get? or is there to it?

pagar wrote:any one know offhand if the current police frequencies are going to opened for public use when they go digital? seems they have better range with those than we can get? or is there to it?

They get better coverage because they have a bunch of repeaters mounted on the hills through out the country.

They unlikely to make the frequencies available to the public as they share them with the fire service through out the country.

I have Uniden UH095SX it has CB and UHF plus you can program extra channels that receive only (police)

I bought mine on trademe... dick smith have them

http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storef ... View/D1889

Time to revive an old topic.

I am in the market for a new UHF radio since my old one was stolen. I had a Uniden UH088 and had no complaints about it.
What I want to know is where the best deals are at the moment and what brand/model, people find easy/simple to use?
Is anyone using the Uniden UH012? How do you find it? Is the extra $ for the UH088 worth it?
I perfer to buy online as I can't be arsed going around retailers and listening to their sales pitch. But for $ savings I will brave the retail market.

Thanks

Jase.

The Dual UHF/VHF UH095-sx is no longer avaliable or in production, the Uniden 012-sx is no longer in production either I think

I am a dealer now for these radios...



these are avaliable in 66-88mhz and 136-174 VHF, in 450-527 and 476 (PRS), the one I have just got in is the 450-527, specs are 4w, 10hr+ lithium ion battery, 99 channels (still investigating if the police UHF can be loaded as listen only), different antenna's are avaliable as are a range of headsets including waterproof ones, I have a GME 2w one as well and that feels like a toy compared to this....., the 477mhz one only has 40 channels. belt clip and charger are included, and vehicle mounted sets are avaliable soon i'm told...

Pricing for the 476mhz one will be around 325.....

can check out uniden etc pricing i can get if you want....., I have some PRS and CB antenna in stock as well....

CB is 26mhz VHF, theres always a few on TM 2nd hand cheap get one of those

will move this post to the vendor section if needed

Chocolate not included

Thanks Jerry. I have hand helds; so want a truck mounted unit. If you could see what you can get a basic uhf 40 channel truck unit for I would be interested. I am still assembling the truck after its panel job so not in that much of a hurry.