and you can find decent mobile rigs that are higher-power versions of the much-derided “cheap Chinese handy talkies” that are available for not much more than $50. My choice was a Yaesu FT ...
[Reference Connolly, Josh, O’Neill, Seltzer, Wigand, Clennell, May and Johns6] note that at frequencies above 10 MHz ... operating frequency of 900 MHz, but looks very promising at relatively low ...