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I know imam going to catch hell for this but I have several AnyTone AT-5888UV Dual Band 136-174 & 400-490MHz Mobile Two Way Radios for my vehicles. I also have 5 Pcs BaoFeng UV-5XP Two Way Radio 8W Dual-band Walkie Talkies that work great even when I use my car of truck AnyTone as a repeater to hit my home repeater tower. I find the programming easy when using the computer for all of the radios, field programming is rough unless you memorize or carry the owners manual with you. So that's my 1€ on the subject. Just remember it is not like CB, power is not king with FM radios like these. This coming from someone that runs about 500 watts on CB. These Are line of sight communications and do not have a signal bounce like CB radios do. 20 watts should be more than enough with a properly tuned antenna system. Oh and one more thing, high quality antenna wire is a must, I use LMR600 but is very pricey so do your research before pulling the trigger on an a base/repeater system.. sorry it was long winded but no one told me anything about radios in this frequency range as in " need to know " information.... do a lot of research first.

Hey rockhound If anyone finds an adapter please let me know. https://www.amazon.com/Antenna-Adapter-Connector-Converter-Coaxial/dp/B076HHDTFT/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1520088848&sr=8-16&keywords=bnc+to+sma+adaptor I think this is the antenna adaptor you need Are these radios capable of tone scan? Scanning for CTCSS Tone 1. Press the [MENU] key to enter the menu. 2. Enter [11] on your numeric keypad to come to Menu 11: R-CTCS 3. Press the [MENU] key to select. Insure you have a tone activated (and it is not off) 4.Press the [*SCAN]to begin CTCSS scanning A flashing "CT" will be in the left status display to indicate the radio is in CTCSS scanning mode. In this mode, whenever the radio is receiving an RF signal on the selected MR channel or VFO frequency, the lower display will cycle through the CTCSS tones as they are being tested. Once the frequency of the received CTCSS tone is determined, the "CT" indicator will stop flashing. Press the [MENU] key to save the scanned tone into memory then press the key to exit the menu. We have one and ordered another last night for our grandson. I am very pleased with this radio.