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I live in Southern Colorado and go up to the mountains quite a bit. I chose the Retevis RA25 (same as the DB20G) because I can unlock it to do some HAM bands and MURS. That way in case of emergency, I have more options than just GMRS to try to contact someone. I don't have a HAM license, but in an emergency, I would like to be able to use it. I know it's not the end all be all in emergencies, but just being able to use the other bands just in case is good for piece of mind. I have all the repeaters that I can find in my area programmed in to the radio. Luckily, my Google Pixel 9 also does emergency satellite texting.

Thanks guys! Great help.

Alright, so I have a Retevis RA25 mounted in my Xterra. Right now I'm using an NMO mag mount MXT-A26 antenna. It works great for GMRS. I used to have the Nagoya UT-72G mag mount hooked up to a TD-H3. I seemed to be able to get a lot more reception on that set up, using both GMRS and HAM. With the UT-72G, I was able to get NOAA channel 5 in super clear, plus I think channels 4,3, and 1 a little bit. With the MXT-A26, I can only get NOAA channel 5, from the same spot. I know the MXT-A26 is tuned specifically for GMRS. My question is, should I get the Comet 2x4SRNMO antenna? I would like to be able to just screw it into the NMO mount and not switch out the whole thing. I'm not HAM licensed yet, but I like to listen. And also I would like to have it in case of emergency. Plus I probably will eventually get my HAM license.

I had been using the UT-72g for a little while, and I had no problems with it at all. I am very new to GMRS, but it seemed to perform very well for me. I just recently got a MXT-A26. I have only had it on for about 2 days now, and the weather has been really bad, so I haven't been able to use it much. We also don't get a hell of a lot of GMRS traffic in our area. So I really haven't been able to compare them much yet. But the UT-72G seemed great for me. I also live in Southern Colorado, by a lake, so we have some plains and mountains.