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> Two things put me off it at the time -
> its only 1W as opposed to most other handheld models which offer a 5W
> mode,
1W vs 5W is not that big a deal because omnidirectional antennas
give you a loss of 1/R to 1/R^2 for both the sending and receiving
antenna. You probably increase your range by only about 1.7x with 5x
more power.
> and also that I was told it didn't have a battery indicator (which
> apparently it does).
I'm not sure what these newer radios have, but a many-step battery gauge
would be much better than just a low-battery indicator. You want to
keep these radios more than half charged.
Ken Poulton
poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
"Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot."
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