[Milsurplus] VHF/UHF base station?

[Ray Fantini]

The AN/URC-101/110 family of radios are good for that application, also the URC-200 but expect to pay more than you would for a rice box. Here is a link to my web page on the URC family:

 http://staff.salisbury.edu/~rafantini/this_is_a_urc.htm

Ray F

-----Original Message-----
From: Milsurplus [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Gottlieb
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 12:51 AM
To: Milsurplus; milpack at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Milsurplus] What is a good VHF/UHF base station?

I'd like a good quality base station for VHF-UHF.  It would be nice if it had an auto antenna tuner, but in any case it should be protected for driving any load.  I'd _ideally_ like 108 to about 500 MHz, AM/NBFM, nice if NTIA compliant to use on public safety and gov't (as authorized).  I won't ever need to transmit in many areas (such as 225-400) but reception and AM mode would be useful.  P25 would be cool but way down my list.

What exists for this?  The WJ 8618 is such a nice general purpose receiver, but what can touch it as a transmitter or transceiver?  I want a step up from the typical Yaesu/Kenwood/Icom consumer stuff. What mil or gov't stuff is out there that would do this?

Peter