Hi Guys,
I was in touch with GME a little while ago and asked them if I could borrow one of their new GME XRS radios to chuck up a review on my youtube channel.
To my surprise, they agreed and shot me out one of their portable versions, the 330cp.
This is the same as the 330c variant but in a portable pack for moving between vehicles. The ideal unit for a test as it didnt require any permanent moutings to be made
The cp comes in a portable carry case which is nicely padded to keep your new radio in one piece.
Unlike a tent, it packs back in when you're ready to put it away.
Everything in it's place.
Included with the radio and mic, is a 12 ciggie plug for power, a windscreen suction mount, bracket and a small magnetic 2db antenna.
I've had some hands on time with it over the past month and have been pretty impressed with it thus far.
It's relatively still new to market and has a few 'quirks' here and there which should be fixed through firmware updates. Mostly the issues I ran into were related to the applications rather than the radio itself.
So a fix there should be easy enough.
I've never been a fan of CBs for anything other than a tool due to the bozzos that regularly fill the airwaves around town. (such is the shame.)
For fun on the air, I am an amateur radio operator and enjoy that as a hobby.
So this for me, this is a tool and as such it has to perform well enough to justify it's place in the vehicle. I've got a number of handhelds and other radios that can pull CB duty when needed but this one got me interested because of some nifty new features.
First, it has the best screen on a speaker/mic I've ever seen.
It's an OLED Screen and looks the ducks . The little 2w speaker also does a pretty nice job.
This things is tiny and this Super Compact variant if needed, can be fit just about anywhere.
To keep things small the 330 doesn't have an onboard speaker in the body and uses the fme connector on the back rather than a so239 like the bigger units.
The bit I really like though is the applications and location services that come with the XRS models.
Connect it to your mobile device via bluetooth and in addition to being able to program and control the radio you can also use the location services to share your location with others with an xrs radio.
Of course you can also see the locations of others sharing their details from their xrs radio.
I won't go too far into it as the video covers most of it and I'll be puting up some more in the near future, but this is what you will see on your device when it's all up and running
I Just wish I had more time with the radio to really put it through its paces on a weekend away with a few more rigs running the same radio.
Of course if you have any questions let me know and I'll do my best to answer .
for now though, here's the video
No affiliation with GME, just asked the right question at the right time it seems.
cheers Brett
I was in touch with GME a little while ago and asked them if I could borrow one of their new GME XRS radios to chuck up a review on my youtube channel.
To my surprise, they agreed and shot me out one of their portable versions, the 330cp.
This is the same as the 330c variant but in a portable pack for moving between vehicles. The ideal unit for a test as it didnt require any permanent moutings to be made
The cp comes in a portable carry case which is nicely padded to keep your new radio in one piece.
Unlike a tent, it packs back in when you're ready to put it away.
Everything in it's place.
Included with the radio and mic, is a 12 ciggie plug for power, a windscreen suction mount, bracket and a small magnetic 2db antenna.
I've had some hands on time with it over the past month and have been pretty impressed with it thus far.
It's relatively still new to market and has a few 'quirks' here and there which should be fixed through firmware updates. Mostly the issues I ran into were related to the applications rather than the radio itself.
So a fix there should be easy enough.
I've never been a fan of CBs for anything other than a tool due to the bozzos that regularly fill the airwaves around town. (such is the shame.)
For fun on the air, I am an amateur radio operator and enjoy that as a hobby.
So this for me, this is a tool and as such it has to perform well enough to justify it's place in the vehicle. I've got a number of handhelds and other radios that can pull CB duty when needed but this one got me interested because of some nifty new features.
First, it has the best screen on a speaker/mic I've ever seen.
It's an OLED Screen and looks the ducks . The little 2w speaker also does a pretty nice job.
This things is tiny and this Super Compact variant if needed, can be fit just about anywhere.
To keep things small the 330 doesn't have an onboard speaker in the body and uses the fme connector on the back rather than a so239 like the bigger units.
The bit I really like though is the applications and location services that come with the XRS models.
Connect it to your mobile device via bluetooth and in addition to being able to program and control the radio you can also use the location services to share your location with others with an xrs radio.
Of course you can also see the locations of others sharing their details from their xrs radio.
I won't go too far into it as the video covers most of it and I'll be puting up some more in the near future, but this is what you will see on your device when it's all up and running
I Just wish I had more time with the radio to really put it through its paces on a weekend away with a few more rigs running the same radio.
Of course if you have any questions let me know and I'll do my best to answer .
for now though, here's the video
No affiliation with GME, just asked the right question at the right time it seems.
cheers Brett
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