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<blockquote data-quote="Poke78" data-source="post: 2106759" data-attributes="member: 4333"><p>You can get into a Chinese-made handheld for around $50, add another $30 or so for a magnetic mount antenna for the car. Minimal cost for a minimal set-up that's easy to remove so theft would not be an issue. Performance around the metro area with the various repeaters should be fairly solid. It would also be usable at home and an outside antenna would be a good thing to have rather than just the antenna on the radio. Performance might suffer if you don't choose a good quality coaxial cable to connect to the antenna. This is why most in-home units are the larger radios (portable as you called them) with higher output to overcome the loss with a longer connection to the outside antenna.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Poke78, post: 2106759, member: 4333"] You can get into a Chinese-made handheld for around $50, add another $30 or so for a magnetic mount antenna for the car. Minimal cost for a minimal set-up that's easy to remove so theft would not be an issue. Performance around the metro area with the various repeaters should be fairly solid. It would also be usable at home and an outside antenna would be a good thing to have rather than just the antenna on the radio. Performance might suffer if you don't choose a good quality coaxial cable to connect to the antenna. This is why most in-home units are the larger radios (portable as you called them) with higher output to overcome the loss with a longer connection to the outside antenna. [/QUOTE]
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