Radioddity DB40-G GMRS Mobile Radio, 40 Watts Long Range Two Way Radio, GMRS Repeater Capable, 199 Channels, Supports UHF Scanning and Receiving, VOX Perfect for Off Roading, Vehicle Driving

It does what it says on the box, and for that, it gets 5 stars. It is not, as some people say, difficult to program or navigate the menus, it was easy to program custom channels without the honestly poor radioddity bespoke software.Some things to be aware of, while this radio can receive in much of the UHF band, it will *only* transmit on the GMRS channels and custom channels programmed as such, and it will not let you transmit on the repeater input channels unless programmed as an offset for the receiver output channels. It also will not transmit on channels 8-14 as its power level does not go low enough to legally transmit on them.All of this is obvious to people who can read, and so I will not mark it down, but it would be nice to get a firmware option to "unlock" this radio for wider use, intended of course for emergency use only.

Really stright foward radio and strong great for someone just getting started !!

- the operators manual.. this is a great radio. Measured : 40 watts out 20 med range and 4.9 low as advertised. A great radio for a base as i use it and a sturdy looking mobile . The manual again.. is almost useless.

Nice radio manual sucks. Have their hand helds manual for them is actually better and walkie talkies are also nice.

I bought it for its looks really. I don't know much how to use radio nor do I intend to use it much.But I had a lot of fun putting panels, wiring, NMO to UFH mount and everything else together.Occasionally I turn it to the search mode I would pickup some chatter on different channels. I hope one day I would take my Bronco offroad somewhere that I could really use it as designed.

I went to their website to download the programming software and saw there was an update to the firmware. I downloaded and performed the update to the firmware and it ruined the radio. It will not transmit or receive on any channel and it just makes a clicking noise. I’m working with tech support to try and fix it and hopefully we can. However, it’s painful working with them due to it being against their religion to send more than one sentence a day. I did buy another one for mobile, and did not do the update and the radio is awesome. Hopefully we can get to the bottom of this so I can use it for a base station at home. But until then, it’s a boat anchor.

Only complaint is that the display is hard to see. The contrast is not high enough. Otherwise, a great radio!

Excellent reception and transmission.