Portable handheld radios

Cellphone covers most everything

We have some ordinary Midland FRS radios. We use them to negotiate into campsites; Mom has put me behind a tree just in front a fence beside the sewer pipe and one inch from the concrete patio without incident. Wonderful!

Not sure if you'd consider it handheld but we have a hand crank radio.

Marine VHF for weather.....weather channels get all NOAA broadcasts inland or coastal, USA or Canada..

after trying a bunch of radios, myself and our motorcycle club standarized on radios from standard horizon. currently when we get new ones it the HX400. they are rugged, waterproof, true 5W output with an optional 1/4 and 1/2 wave antenna.

normally they are used in marine applications, but it is easy peasy to reprogram them to use the 5 MURS channels for onshore use. along with it they can tune all the weather service channels.

we use them between cars in caravans since many places we travel have no or spotty cell service for many miles. also use them around the campground. can use an external mic and/or earphone, and battery will usually last at least a full day with normal use. then recharge in a few hours.

Not the cheapest around, but if you want quality, well it comes at price.

My cell phone sounds alerts.

FRS radios with weather channel works fine.

Jerseydevil wrote:
What type of handheld radio do you use for weather, traffic, emergency, etc

Motorola hand held CB radio(s) so I can use my truck CB radio to communicate. Length of antenna is important, longer the better.