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Review on BAOFENG G11S GMRS Radio with NOAA Weather and Rechargeable Walkie Talkie - Long Range Two Way Radio with Earpiece, Rechargeable GMRS Handheld Radio, 1 Pair - DIY GMRS Repeater Channels by Adam Ross

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Excellent GMRS radios with 32 GMRS repeaters but we need extra batteries

These are excellent high performance GMRS HT radios at a reasonable price (my G11S radios transmit at 4.2w). There are many pluses and only one minus - there are no extra batteries available yet. Radioddity does not currently sell additional batteries for the G11S radio. However, Radioddity support said they will be monitoring demand for G11S batteries to decide if they should be made available in the future. I highly recommend having an extra battery pack for EVERY HT radio. So if you own these G11S radios, please email Radioddity support email address (support@radioddity.com) and ask to purchase additional G11S batteries. Better yet, send them a message that you will only buy these G11S radios if you can get an extra battery for them. ;-) The more of us requesting them, the more likely Radioddity will have G11S batteries for sale. I doubt you will find a high performance FCC Part 95e compliant GMRS HT radio that offers the performance of the Baofeng G11S GMRS radio for the same price. Attributes: 4.2 W transmit power and wide or narrow bandwidth (GMRS channels only - 7 FRS channels are specified under the low power narrow bandwidth rules of the FRS FCC channel) 15 GMRS 4.2 W simplex channels 7 channels FRS simplex 1.6W fixed on this low power level and narrow bandwidth 32 channel GMRS 4.2W repeater. Total 4 sets of 8 GMRS repeater channels to apply different CTCSS and/or DCS tones of your choice (allows separate tones). 11 NOAA National Weather Service channels 45 programmable channels (receive only) (e.g. 2m or 70cm ham radio) All standard VHF transmit frequencies (receivable at your choice) Great sounding 1W audio. Speaker microphone ready with K connector. Interchangeable antenna with standard SMA connector allowing the use of much higher gain base station antennas or mobile car magnetic mounts. The SMA Male to SO-239 UHF Coax Adapter is required to connect the G11S HT radio to most mobile or base station antennas. Some adapters are available from Revain here - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00COW5E3A/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). Free programming software can be downloaded from the Radioddity website. Computer programming with any K-Connect programming cable that works with other Radioddity, Baofeng or Wouxun HT radios. Based on my extensive search for high performance GMRS HT radios, the Baofeng G11S offers the most and the best features at a very affordable price.

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  • Reliability