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I'm pretty far in the woods, or will be when utilizing the radio. Main use would be talking to my riding group when taking the UTVs out. Did you ever find an alternative?

Awesome. Would those channels I am looking for 1-7, 15-22, be wide band? I am looking at the software making sure this radio can do what I need before I purchase. Also, in the settings, there is a "Step" option as shown in the picture I attached. What should this be set to? Thanks for your help!

So hypothetically if I was to buy the TH-8600, would I program only 1-7 on a low power setting and then 15-22 on a high power setting? 8-14 seem to be off limits, as they are supposed to be a max power of 0.5W, which the 8600 would not be capable of.

Thank you, but these are all handhelds. Seems like there isn't much for options with weather resistant mobile radios.

I would agree, but I have not found any other "water resistant" mobile GMRS radios. I have seen some of his videos but will check out again, thanks.

Thank you for the information. So realistically what I can do to stay as legal as possible is only program transmit GMRS channels into the TH-8600. If I would do this, and only utilize GMRS with the correct settings, is there any way this could be distinguished from the expensive RR version?

Hello! I am a new GMRS license holder and have been researching the best off-road mobile option for my UTV. After a lot of research, it came down to the Rugged Radios GMR25, but, I realized all they really are is a TH-8600 with programming and the TH is significantly less expensive because rugged has some insane markup pricing. The issue is that I have been reading the TH-8600 does not have proper Type 95 certification, and therefore cannot be utilized to transmit on GMRS frequencies. So if this is true, what does Rugged do to the GMR25 that makes it certified? Is there another sub $200 option out there that is water/dust proof and can legally transmit on GMRS frequencies? Thank you for helping a newbie figure this out.