Best radio for in the thick stuff.

[mbforest]

When my Dad and I go hunting he uses a Garmin Rino and I use a 12 mile range motorola radio they seem to work pretty good together.  From camp he could pick up another hunting party several miles away on his rino but i couldn't hear them on my motorola.

[Crunchy]

I think the best we got with the Rino 530 HCX is 5 miles but my partner was on a peak and I in the timber.  Normal range for the deep timber is about 1.5 miles or so.  I love the Rino's and cant see changing to anything else.

[methowman]

I have a Garmin rino 530 Hcx & have tried many others I would rate the Rino #1 but they aren't cheap. The nice thing about the Rino is the ability to see where your hunting partner is on your screen (as long as he buys one too), if someone gets hurt you can go right to them. Not to mention you can tell when they head back to the track or camp.The radio portion was the best I have tried compared to Cobra or Motorola's. They work great for tracking friends on Quads or Snowmobiles too......

[Da stump]

i am a ham radio operator and the difference between ham radio and cb is really substantial.  The 2 meter band has repeater stations all over that pick up your signal and retransmits the signal so you can get around a lot of obstacles.  It is not fool proof and there still will be deadspots but i usually can reach about 75 miles with line of site and have gone 150 miles with the repeaters.  Many of the repeaters are hooked together so the signal is being broadcast from different angles.  To operate on the 2 meter band it takes a FCC licence and a bit of studying.  The test is not that hard and you no longer are required to know Morse code.  My call sign is KE7SMC and i have a general licence.  The Technician licence is what you will want and if you would like give me a call and i will help you get into it.  509-435-1831.

[Shawn Ryan]

Finally spent the money on a Garmin rino.  Better to spend the right money in the first place, rather than buy inferior products, then buy quality gear later.  I only learned that after spending money on inferior gear.   Even if your partners don't have rino's, seeing yours might convince them to upgrade.  The GPS features and the ability to locate partners is great for hunting new areas when none of us know the area.  This past winter that allowed some new friends to effectively hunt my area, even though they had never been there.

[Houndhunter]

id get the water proof midlands radio, there great. the nice thing about midlands is there quite, you can take out all the sounds and beeps. i have the 18mile range, ive had them cut out when guys are 7-8 miles away in some terrian. but thats gonna happen with any radio, over all i think there the best out there for hunting

[shorthair-on-point]

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