- 121 Privacy codes per channel to help reduce interference from others
- Connect a VOX or PTT-type headset for private conversations (2 included)
- NOAA Weather Channels
- Rechargeable niMH Battery packs
- Roger Beep lets you know when others are finished speaking
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Hope this helps other confused people.I bought this pair to replace my old pair of Cobra MicroTalk PR260 WXC radios (which by the way were cheapest on the market, but served great for the price of ~30$). So I had an experience and a chance to compare. Overall I can say that this Uniden 5089 radios behave far much better, but do not forget that they cost triple of the PR260s price. Uniden 5089s shewed not bad range for consumer products for about few miles in the city (this is not bad) with few hills in between and some buildings (stone, 5-7 floors) and traffic of course. When I reached the limit where Cobras lost the signal Unidens were still perfect to understand everything said by other party. Want to mention that this radios have BOOST function that increases transmitting power thus extending the range or making voice more clear, without any interference or noise in cases when standard (black) button begins transmitting with some noise due to distance or terrain. The only drawback was that pair of headsets that comes with this radios are for VOX operation and do not have button on them, you must use VOX to use them or press transmit button on the radio itself when used without VOX. This all I can say so far. I'll update my review with time when tested in other conditions.
EDITED 10.2012
Want to note that radios are performing well in the city, I have normal signal in the small center for about 0.5 km to 1 km in the city! My old cobras showed a result of 100 m in the same city conditions in comparison. But there is something I did not like the headset. Headsets are not bad actually, buy the cushions on them are too thin so the hurt your ear if worn for a long time because there are plastic edges which push to your ear and thin cushion on them is not enough. One thing more, there is no PTT button on the headphone so you can push it to talk, thus you are forced to push the talk button on the radio itself or use VOX (which is really unusable on any device I ever had, be it a radio or a cell phone).I was talking with my bro who was at my house and i was at my parent's 1.9 miles as crow flies. There was static yet understandable. It's not a clear view of my house. There are a couple small hills and one apartment complex between us and power lines right by my house. I could only hear him when i went in the backyard. Not as good as I hoped but probably as good as it gets with a 100 dolar set. Im looking forward to trying them in the desert. 5 stars for what they cost and the nice features. :)Just a heads up u need to rent bandwidth with the FCC to get your 50 miles.. otherwise you only get 2 miles..
One of the radio was almost all the time receiving static, then I changed in the store, but I founded the same issue, so I took the two good radios and leave the two bads ones.
I live in the city, so the maximum range was like a kilometer or 1000 meters. But after that it is a good product.
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