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13 minutes ago, HHD1 said:

Do you have any suggestions for online retailers for these brands, other than Amazon? I'm not finding much of a selection there.

You won't find them new anymore. TK-3140 was a great Kenwood that has Part 95 certification. They used to be $70-110 used, I still have a handful of them, used the KNB-55 battery, which is also used on the NX-3000 radios. 

 

These guys check the radios out before selling them, for $150 its fits your budget https://used-radios.com/kenwood-tk-3140-uhf-450-490mhz-250-ch-4w-portable-radio/?srsltid=AfmBOor3hXfzNg6frpl6zsTfAzixQGKZJjih1N4fJGGRJn8_YKKdad4w

Posted
45 minutes ago, HHD1 said:

Do you have any suggestions for online retailers for these brands, other than Amazon? I'm not finding much of a selection there.

You'll find affordable models used. New will likely exceed your budget. I would look for Kenwood radios. Personally I've had far better luck finding programming software and support for many Kenwood models. I've hard much harder time finding stuff for Motorola. Some here might have have better luck with Motorola than I've had, might know where to get the software etc.

If you're looking for a Motorola radio I do own a few of these.

https://forums.mygmrs.com/gallery/image/261-motorola-xpr6550jpeg/?context=new

A number of the older Kenwood radios had FCC Part 95 certification so they are legal on GMRS, so long as they are properly programmed. The one I usually carry around is the TK-3170.

https://forums.mygmrs.com/gallery/image/417-tk-2180jpg/?context=new

https://forums.mygmrs.com/gallery/image/263-tk-3170jpg/?context=new

If you don't care about FCC certification this one is a nice radio. It's currently manufactured and available new, but it's going to cost you a lot more than the other ones. Even used they're not exactly cheap.

https://forums.mygmrs.com/gallery/image/290-nx-1300duk5/?context=new

 

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