In reply to: You cannot go past the GME units,Aussie made for Aussie conditions..
Al True enough I bought my GME for the vehicle as at the time in my area in west QLD there was a lot of scrub pulling going on and the GME was the one that could handle the conditions in those old D9's they used to use. In those days there were not many Unidens about and Electrophones only real competition came from Phillips. The Phillips had a push-key channel selector and it didn't like the dust much. I also have owned a few of the big 5w/1w hand helds and you are right about the high price compared to what is available thesedays.