I have a few Motorola GP68 FPP Radios I got from China/Ebay. They're great little radios and around 70$ shipped each. Have both UHF and VHF models.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Motorola-GP68-UHF-430-470MHz-2-Way-Radio-Accessories_W0QQitemZ170368673788QQcmdZViewItemQQptZ2_Way_Radios_FRS?hash=item27aac3a7fc&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 The battery they come with isn't very good and its NiCd.. They won't last half a day with constant talking, But you can get Nickle-metal extended batts off ebay for cheap. -Scott On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:19 AM, <n6...@cox.net> wrote: > > > Don't know about the F40GT but the Icom IC-F40LT had front panel > programming capability, so did its VHF counterpart the IC-F30LT. Versions > with high serial numbers (above 30000 if memory serves) were wide and > narrowband capable. I still have one of each new in the box stowed away > along with accessories and software. They were built tough and work fine. > Some time ago I scanned the keypad programming guide into .pdf and it's been > floating around the internet ever since. If anyone is interested in both of > these radios and their accessories & software contact me off the reflector. > > Also, let's not forget there are lots of FPP capable UHF XTS3000's and > XTS5000's around today as well that work great on GMRS. > Gary > N6LRV > > ---- Brian Raker <brian.ra...@gmail.com <brian.raker%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > On the Motorola side for FPP, you'd pretty much be limited to HT1550 > > (bling, hard to find used, need fpp battery) or JT1000 (hard to find > > as well, need FPP key/dongle). > > > > The Icom IC-F40GT was rumored to have FPP, but I've not seen a valid > > example surface (and all the tricks I have seen, I've tried and they > > don't work on my own IC-F40GT). > > > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:52 PM, George > > Henry<ka3...@att.net<ka3hsw%40att.net>> > wrote: > > > Looking for a recommendation for an HT for GMRS use which is either > fully > > > keypad programmable, or at least capable of changing tones from the > keypad. > > > A tone scan feature would be nice, but not a necessity... > > > > > > George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413 > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >
