Can't go wrong with Yaesu or Kenwood
Agreed.
There are a lot of good and inexpensive, new and used dual band HTs, that won't break if dropped.
I have a Yaesu VX8DR. While a bit more expensive ($435 from Gigaparts), it is a milspec (shock/moisture) engineered, quad band HT.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Frequency Range Receive:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]0.5 - 1.8 MHz (BC Band)
1.8 - 30 MHz (Shortwave Band)
30 - 78 MHz (6 Meter Amateur)
76 - 108 MHz (FM)
108 - 137 MHz (Air Band)
137 - 174 MHz (144 MHz HAM)
174 - 222 MHz (VHF-TV)
222 - 225 MHz (222 MHz Ham)
225 - 420 MHz (General Band 1)
420 - 470 MHz (430 MHz HAM)
470 - 800 MHz (UHF-TV)
800 - 999 MHz (General Band 2 Cellular Blocked)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Frequency Range Transmit: [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]50 - 54 MHz
144 - 148 MHz
222 - 225 MHz
430 - 440 MHz[/FONT]
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