If you can hold off till the Spring Fishing and Boat show there will be some good deals to be had then, and lots to choose from. Radio World has a booth there as well as many others. I went with a Standard Horizon 5 / 15 watt mounted version. Gets great coverage on Lake O with an 8 ft antenna - easily talk to Port Weller and can reach boats at the mouth of the Niagara when I am at Jordan.. I was out with a member once who had a hand held and we were trying to talk with a boat only about 2ks away (easy line of sight), and because it was cold and the batteries were low we couldn't communicate.