handheld 2 ways in Ocotillo

[onerich]

With the Rugged stuff you can also get headsets or helmet kits and the battery powered intercom. RRP150.

That what I use .

 

[Rad Richi]

We run the 50w rugged units in our car and we have several bikers in our group that use the HX370S with the helmet setup. they get out of range pretty quick in OW they can almost always hear us in the 50w car units but if they want to talk to us at distance they ride up to the hill tops. I got our HX370S at the sand show not sure what antenna it has but it could use a better one.

 

[Pete.A]

The vertex HX370 runs on marine band and commercial band, so the antenna is a compromise. Switching to something like this should help a bunch:

http://www.theantennafarm.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=191_717_714_671_674

 

[az_amsoil]

The Yaesu FT-60 is a great 5W handheld. It is dual band, so you get both VHF/UHF (the HX-370 is only VHF). The advantage is you can use it as a scanner at races (NASCAR, SCORE, MORE, SNORE, LOORS, HDRA, BITD) as most race channels are UHF, whereas pit channels are VHF.

You WILL need the programming software to push frequencies into the radio.

 

[Rad Richi]

The vertex HX370 runs on marine band and commercial band, so the antenna is a compromise. Switching to something like this should help a bunch:

http://www.theantennafarm.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=191_717_714_671_674

Thanks Pete just ordered one kinda cash poor right now and the price was right!