I bought one of these to add to my existing MXT400s that we have for general camping/off road and E-Prep communication. The MXT400s have the power to send the signals through our residential area full of hills and valleys, I went out 4+ miles and even in most of the blind zones in the far valleys I was getting only minor static in the background of the transmissions with the 2.1DB antenna. Could probably get further with the 6DB antenna. With the GXT handsets I have been getting about 1.5 to 2 miles. 3X the power with more than 2x the range was great. This will help me keep in contact with the other Area E-Prep coordinators in the area with FRS or GMRS units at distances. The speaker on this unit seems to be better than on the MXT400. I bought external speakers for those and it helps the clarity greatly.
Easy to mount, seems to have good range. Used it for medical training with a bunch of Midland handhelds. Your review site is difficult to use, can't scroll down the page.
Bought a set of 4 of these radio’s with the large antenna to help with range. We have been using them for corn harvest in our tractors and combines. Easy to mount and move from vehicle to vehicle if we need to. We farm in an area with large rolling hills and elevation will change 150-200 feet in a few miles. We consistently get 5+ miles of range and not a problem with hearing each other. We can hear each other up to 10 miles but it gets spotty and that’s not very often we need to transmit that far. I’m going to buy the external speaker to get more volume. The loud machines, radio playing and my lack of hearing is why I will add those. Overall I’m very happy for these radios to use in our operation.
I started off with 2 Mx 115 radios and I have been so satisfied with there quality and performance that I now have 6 of them. The sound and range is awesome for my part of the country. I live in very hilly area and they will talk 10 miles easily. Wry satisfied and would definitely buy more.