Best MURS-able radios?

poser · Post by **poser** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:44 pm

I need to whip up a nice set of MURS radios, any suggestions? (hopefully not very pricey) Thanks

Rayjk110 · Post by **Rayjk110** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:49 pm

You could go with a couple SP50's, if you are on a budjet. You would need to turn them down to 1-2 Watts, but not alot of people do. I would just run a DPL/PL for sure because there's alotta users out there on MURS (at least around here)

They usually go for about $50-$70 on eBay, and that's usually with free programming as well.

poser · Post by **poser** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:05 pm

How about the P1225? Are there any other options?

Rayjk110 · Post by **Rayjk110** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:23 pm

Yes, a P1225 would also to great. I just wasn't sure what you had planned on spending, so I gave the most bujet-able opinoin.

SP50
P1225
Visar
HT1000
CP150/200

All of those are options, of course. But the P1225 is better than the SP50 goes.

kb0nly · Post by **kb0nly** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:41 pm

HT600
P200
MT1000
P110

Plenty of options out there. Around here MURS is like a free for all CB band, it's nuts. Mostly due to the MURS radios that Radio Shack was selling.

poser · Post by **poser** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:27 pm

Thanks, it's pretty quiet over here, minus the occasional cabbie blasting out 200+Watts
Also, can I get the pros and cons of those radios? Moto has a HUGE selection..I mean, jeez, I've gotten to the point where I cant tell apart the JT1000, MT1000, P300, HT750 series, P150 etc
Is there a site to compare their features?

bayfire300 · Post by **bayfire300** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:34 pm

how many radio's are you looking for? what are you looking to spend?
otto

poser · Post by **poser** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:12 pm

Unsure of both, I'm just seeking my options!

jhooten · Post by **jhooten** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:44 pm

kb0nly wrote:HT600
P200
MT1000
P110

Plenty of options out there. Around here MURS is like a free for all CB band, it's nuts. Mostly due to the MURS radios that Radio Shack was selling.

You would only be able to use those on the two upper channels as none of them will to 12.5k band width.

I use HT1000s. They are fairly cheap on ebay, can be turned down to 2 watts with no problems, and will do 12.5k.

kb0nly · Post by **kb0nly** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:57 pm

12.5k on MURS?? All the Rat Shack radios aren't 12.5k!

That was meant to be sarcasm. But i know around here that none of the radios being used meet the requirment on the first three channels. Not to say that its good to do so, just that it is happening. Probably why Rat Shack discontinued the model most owners are using, they had a clearance sale on them and they were sold out in hours instead of days. So obviously everyone buying them are making use of them.

151.820
151.880
151.940
154.570
154.600

http://www.provide.net/~prsg/murs_faq.htm

Rayjk110 · Post by **Rayjk110** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:47 pm

Yeah I have 5 of those RadioShack Mobiles.

$9.95 each. Not bad at all. They are 25khz spacing if I recall.

Glenn · Post by **Glenn** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:25 am

There is a seller on http://www.popularwireless.com selling Midland MURS portables for $66.00 I believe. He is R.K. Leef. Some of the guys liked them and at that price it sounds cheap.

poser · Post by **poser** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:35 am

Thanks, I just prefer motos in general. I'll look into the SP50s

nmfire10 · Post by **nmfire10** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:55 am

XTS5000

mr.syntrx · Post by **mr.syntrx** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:43 am

nmfire10 wrote:XTS5000

Going that way, I'd vote for the AS2R

poser · Post by **poser** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:44 pm

What's the AS2R?
Ok, budget cap is $125 a radio (flexible)
I'm really hoping to compare the GP300, P1225, etc Thanks

n1pj · Post by **n1pj** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:28 am

with that price range you won't have to worry about AS2R lol. I wish I could get an AS2R for that price, that would be nice.

poser · Post by **poser** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:30 pm

Well, I'd still like to know what it is? LOL

fire_master_21 · Post by **fire_master_21** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:44 pm

astro saber 2 rugged

poser · Post by **poser** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:16 pm

Isn't the Rugged Saber not as desirable as the normal one? (problem with batteries being hard to find?)

kb0nly · Post by **kb0nly** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:19 pm

The batteries aren't "hard" to find, but they are "very expensive" compared to regular Saber batteries. At least twice the cost of a new one for a used R battery.. Whew.

dbrock411 · Post by **dbrock411** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:35 pm

Ray - where did you find some RatShack mobiles for 10 bucks each?

Rayjk110 · Post by **Rayjk110** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:47 pm

The RadioShack in Waukegan. They were having a clearance day thing for the weekend and on a table in there, there was the 'clearance of the hour' thing.

I just went in there for some solder at the time and walked out with a few radios +the solder I needed.