Radioddity GM-30 Plus GMRS Handheld Radio, GMRS Repeater Capable, Long Range NOAA/UHF/VHF/Airband Scanner & Receiver with 1000 Channels, GPS Tracking, 2500mAh Battery USB-C Charging, 1 Pack

The Radioddity GM-30 Plus really packs a lot of value at a reasonable price point! For my daughter & son-in-law being new to GMRS (and radio in general) I felt the GM-30 Plus looked like a solid choice and found this to be very true.Pros: Easy to use/navigate functions, good RX/TX audio, sensitive RX across multiple bands including ham, public safety (analog only), weather, etc., GPS location sharing with other GM-30 Plus radios, USB-C charging, easy to read display, 10 zones for memory management, solid 'real' radio feel in the hand...it's just a really good radio!Cons: Only a few little niggles about this radio in my eyes: battery life seems to be a little shorter than I would expect even with settings tweaked to maximize battery life and the fact that when selecting a zone it is tied to BOTH A&B sides of the radio so you are restricted to only listening to different memory channels within the same zone on each side of the radio. Neither of these are deal-killers, but be aware.Overall the Radioddity GM-30 Plus is a very solid & very capable radio that I would recommend to any GMRS user, new or experienced.

For 30 bucks each, these are well worth it.Radio. Quality voice, as expected. I have the GM30 that I love and these GM30 plus are quite a big larger. They feel solid.GPS. It is a basic GPS feature that must be programmed via their software. It wasn't hard. You can send your location to up to 20 preprogrammed contacts, and request their location as well. It gives a basic compass rose, direction, and distance in meters to the radio location. There is a bug I found in which if you request a location, the radio you are requesting it from needs to be in GPS mode or it will hang up and keep trying to key.User interface. Significantly different from the GM30 and a Baofeng. Not bad, just different. Still pretty intuitive. The radio does 10 different "zones" which could be helpful for repeater use while traveling. Each zone has 100 user programmable channels, again, via their software.Remember, these are GMRS radios and cannot be jail broken. You can listen to vhf, uhf, air band etc but can still only transmit GMRS.Do these have a place in kit? I think so. For 30 bucks there are enough features to warrant it, at least for me.

This is a great radio but with limitations. It’s not Chirp compatible and the program it has is extremely limited. The radio’s programming allows for several bands outside of GMRS to be keyed in manually but the computer program will not accept frequencies outside of a limited range. If your intention is just pure GMRS with not too many changes or programming, this is a good choice. Seems sturdy and durable.I have raised the rating from 1 to 3 stars for 2 reasons. The first being that it is a radio with a lot of potential. The second is that the vendor has approached me to address my concerns in a friendly and sincere manner. I personally consider that important since I am also in retail business.I can’t rate it 5 because manual programming is a long process and other radios with about the same range can be easily adjusted with the software. I am looking forward to any upgrades to its software since it is a good radio. So the radio rates a 4 in my book. The included software needs some love to bring this rating to 5. Which I will raise again as I work more with this radio.Update: I have increased this rating to 4 due to customer service. These guys are just awesome and a pleasure to deal with. Thanks again.

Really like this radio. I wanted a GMRS radio with a few upgrades such as GPS and additional frequency scanning. Much more user friendly menu on the radio and CPS uses CHIRP and Radioddity version. Airbands work well but you have to program manually (though much easier with this radio). GPS function can take a bit ot time to confirm location and you should be out in the open. Ofcourse, antennae upgrades will increase range and clarity.

As of this review I have not tested the range of these units in simplex, however they were able to reach a GMRS repeater about 8 miles away with the long antenna. They didn’t have enough power to open the repeater but I know the repeater operator and he was able to hear me making it to the repeater. So I think simplex range with the long antenna will most likely be up to 5 miles. Not bad. The gps took a while on one of the radios to get up and running but both were able to send their info to the other radio (after programming each with a different ID number) and everything works great!! I love the fact that they have fm radio as well. The sound quality is good from the mic and speaker. I definitely recommend these radios. I even tested vhf/uhf and fm radio with a dual band Nagoya 15-inch whip and it all works great. I have not tested out air band yet.

This little raido has a nice menu, easy to use, has a unique scanning option makes scanning frequencies, a lot of fun and easy so you can scan the entire air band with a very easy menu option.

A huge bargain for the price you can't go wrong with all these techno upgrades. Features way to many to explain YouTube channel covers that. Excellent build quality par with more expensive radios. Now don't let all this scare you off because this radio is amateur friendly and easy to use as long as you have the patience of a Saint. Geared to family use , for all ages all though it's is an advanced radio for GRMS. Air bands and 1,000 other channels it's can receive. Mine received a channel 600 miles away.

It seems so far a good built radio still getting used to the radio alot of different features has GPS FM radio aircraft band a good over all GMRS Radio that doesn't break the bank