Midland - MicroMobile® 50-Mile, 15-Channel 2-Way Radio

Great Radio! I was totally surprised of what 16 watts radio can do. I have to admit there is a learning curve. Be sure to read, and save the manual! You will need it if your planning to use CTCSS / DCS codes. The Squelch, Power, an Repeater codes on the screen of the radio should be improved. Squelch two letters code looks like the number 59. However I was able to make connection with my local repeater 40 miles away.

I bought the mx100 radios and they are under power for what I needed. So I upgraded to the mx115 and I'm much happier with the mx115 because the push button weather is easier than holding the speaker button. If your debating what to get, go with the mx115 just spend the extra and you will be happier.

Our family runs a beef operation in hilly country. The radios work great and are perfectly sized to fit on sxs, trucks, tractors and hand held. The range when we are in the big hills can be short, but if both people talking are on top of their perspective hill, then it has no problem no matter how far. The furthest we have tested is about 9 miles.

This is a great radio for someone who doesn't know a lot about radios and wants to use it for simplex communication. However, a lot of repeaters use an offset and this radio doesn't have that ability, so if you are trying to hit a repeater you will need another radio to listen to other people on the repeater talk back to you. Other than that, I wish it was programmable to listen to other frequencies besides GMRS like some of the newer radios are. It's a great simple option for people who aren't in to radios, but a radio lover will wish it had more features.

Great tool, but picks up a lot of static. Works great with our handhelds and other MXT115s. I have one hooked up to the standard antenna, and one with a ghost antenna and both of them are picking up quite a bit of static as we use them on the road a lot. Other than that they work great!