LeeBo

Depends on how "occasional" you plan to use it in the car. From the other thread, you see the image I posted of the H8 clipped to an old WeatherTech Cup Phone holder. While it's not too much of a pain to put in and out of the car, it is nice to have two identical units, one for home and one for the car. They are programmed 80% identical as there are repeaters I hit in the car that I'll never hit at home. Having one unit to do both isn't the end of the world, but for the price point, I bought two just for that reason.

Unfortunately, I don't have anything else to compare it to, but it does sound really good.

Speaking from experience, life takes over. I'm not saying that's the issue, but the one in my area I asked access for took over a week to reply. Not a big deal.

Well, it ain't pretty, but I'm hitting repeaters 30-ish miles away. Tid Radio H8 and Comet CA-2X4SR antenna with Diamond mount.

Excellent. I keep debating on buying an actual car radio, but for now, the handheld w/hand mic works just fine.

While I haven’t used the H3 in my car, I have used the H8 with a Comet antenna and I’m hitting repeaters 30-ish miles away. Great little radio. My H3 usually stays on my bag or on my person. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Technician license was pretty easy. Just go to the ARRL site (http://arrlexamreview.appspot.com/), register and start learning and taking practice exams. I just got mine 7/11/24 and can’t believe I drug my feet as long as I did. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I knew I'd probably never have a home base station because of power lines and trees all throughout my neighborhood. So I'll probably be sticking to handheld / mobile units with "portable" antennas that I can set up at remote locations. Plus the cost of the license was only $35 and no test, so why not?

I probably should have done that also. I nailed my tech exam and was asked if I wanted to try for general. I declined.