IMHO.. (oh who am I kidding, not really very humble :-) :-) ), a Motorola Maxtrac or Radius makes an AMAZINGLY good simplex radio for either 2 meters or 440. Get one with a 16 pin accessory connector on the rear, and it already, without modification, has all the nice signals available. You can also get a pre-made cable (one with the mating connector on one side and wires on the other) that makes interfacing it to URI almost a trivial task. One thing to watch, most Maxtrac/Radius radios dont like going lower then 146 MHz. They will certainly tune down that far, generally without re-adjustment, but the programming software goes "nuts" because of some strange bug in it, and no matter what you program the transmit power to, it sets it to wide-open, way past what it should be, smoke-generating power level. The only way around this (if you REALLY have to go lower then 146) is a hardware mod that is ugly. Its a commercial-quality reliable excellent radio, and I have gotten them on EBAY for as little as $20.00. Usually, one would expect to pay around $75 for such a thing. An excellent example of such a thing is EBAY item #200525836718 There are several available and it ships from Littlerock (California, not Arkansas), which, by the way, is tiny little town in the high desert on the Pearblossom highway between the Lancaster/Palmdale area and Victorville. JIM WB6NIL From: holldrl@gt.rr.com To: app_rpt-users@qrvc.com Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:18:40 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt-users] 2 meter radio? I have a URI, and looking into what would be a good 2 meter radio to use , as far as ease of interfacing, audio quality ect. Any suggestions welcomed Darril/WD5GJP _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@qrvc.com http://qrvc.com/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users