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Midland - MXT500 MICROMOBILE TWO-WAY RADIO - Black
Average customer rating
4.9
(87 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 87 reviews
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96%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Midland - MXT500 MICROMOBILE TWO-WAY RADIO - Black
Customer Rating
5
Love the transceiver - the perfect consumer set!
on April 4, 2022
Posted by: OZDGR8
from Newbury Park, CA
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
What an AWESOME transceiver. I am using this as a mobile base station, and both the reception and transmission reception and quality are absolutely amazing. I use this to stay in touch with both my kids as they are walking to/from school. This is an excellent consumer grade radio for those getting into licensed GMRS as both a hobby, and is the perfect set for diving right in for practical use.
Some special notes: You MUST connect this to an adequate power source delivering at least 5 amps of current at 12VDC.
Pros: Love the repeater capability, and is simple enough for me to better understand and learn how repeater technology works; Love the adjustable transmission power on the higher channels. Easy, simple to use and configure.
Cons: I only have one. It is small, but significant to me, in that it lacks a setting to turn on a "Roger Beep". Not a big deal (I simply verbally transmit "over"), but would be nice to have. I am hopeful that this can be added as part of a firmware update.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: D. P.
from Eastern Oregon
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
Mxt500 radio by Midland is a easy to use radio that will satisfy the user with good range and ease of use. Have ran mine as a mobile and base and it has been dependable in the mountainous area that I live in. Output signal is measuring @ 49 watts. Thanks Midland!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: JMK1
from Everglades
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
Absolutely the Best Radio yet....powerful clear and easy-to-use....suggest whip antenna for mountain and urban otherwise the ghost works great
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Chris M
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
Install is really straight forward, I wish that a fuse adapter to plug into an empty fuse spot would be included. That is very nit picking though.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Tom848
from N. Carolina
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
I'm a long time user of Midland GMRS radios. We use these in the Western mountains of N. Carolina where cell phone connections are sketchy.. Primarily we communicate between our truck, base unit, and Polaris side by side. This unit is replacing our older less powered MXT 400 and hoping the additional range will be really noticeable. Another big win for this radio in the inclusion of the weather bands which were absent on the 400s.. will update post once we get it up and running.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: swemaw
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
Just received my new Midland MXT500. Very Pleased with the product having done allot of research. Programing the MXT500 both manually and programing software was more easy than I thought it would be (a Plus) I like simple, one of the reasons I bought the MXT500. For now am using it as a Base Station with a power supply. Eventually I will install it in my Sierra but for now and enjoying it as a base.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Moonlight
from Iowa
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
This thing is powerful and worked very well in the mountains.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Jeepers Kreepers
Verified Purchase:Yes
It is the only virtually waterproof GMRS mobile radio out there. The Mic is attachment is heavy duty not like the cheap overgrown phone cord attachment like most. Plus it is simple to operate. Your novice family members will have no problem operating this radio. It is hard to accidentally mess up the settings.
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