Military Radio Communication. Where can I find a decent pair

>>57900483
Active dutyfag here,

Let me get back with you in an hour or so and I'll give you a make and model of one that we use normally where I am, but good luck finding them for an affordable price.

>>57900483
Motorola XPR and APX are the highest quality radios. APX is the highest and at the very top for quality (Mission Critical Radios). I work for Motorola Solutions

>>57900483
If you want a decent pair of radios that you can use without a license, buy some old Motorola HT1000 VHF radios and program in the MURS channels. They're bulletproof, legal, and miles better than any of the "30+ mile range" FRS/GMRS radios. If you plan on getting an amateur radio license, I recommend the VX-8DR, if you're willing to drop ~400 dollars per radio.

Any other questions?
-t. Radio nerd.

>>57901903
Forgot to mention, used HT1000s are dirt cheap. You can sometimes pick up a radio, antenna, and working battery for ~10 dollars a radio. The one problem is you need to program them using an ancient DOS tool specific to the radio model, which is easy if you have an old computer lying around. I think I got my copies of the program off of some Russian scanner forum.

>>57900483
>>57900878
Try looking for the MA/COM P7100IP

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>>57900942

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>>57902084

No, do not do this. Newer radios are only programmable using RPM, which needs to be activated via the internet and is a cunt of a thing to use. ProGrammer isn't much better.

Stick with Motorola, Kenwood (commercial products, not amateur) or Tait.

>>57900483

Best bang for the buck at the moment is the Motorola XTS5000.

XTS3000s are OK, but they're getting old and certain parts are becoming hard to come by.

>>57903622
Strictly speaking, best bang for buck would be something like the UV-5RA, which is 19 dollars + whatever a programming cable costs.

>>57900483
you can get many kinds of radio surplus on the net but you have to be clear about what you need including range. There is a reason .mil uses everything from VLF up to SHF and beyond.

Also in many cases a receive only system is handy.

See http://pastebin.com/9uYXMhVm

>>57903668

The only thing going for them is cost. They're an appalling radio by any other measure.

0dBm spurs on 1GHz whilst transmitting on 146MHz, for fuck's sake.

>>57904016
Good lord. Sauce?

Baofeng UV-5R, dirt cheap and high quality.

>>57904075
>high quality
>>57904016