GME XRS Connect Outback Pack, GMRS Radio and Antenna

A whole GMRS setup in one box: the XRS-330C-U radio, a speaker mic and the AE4707B-U fiberglass antenna. Five watts, a two watt speaker in the mic rather than the body, and an OLED screen that stays readable with the sun on it.

/WHY IT IS HERE

GMRS is what works when the cell signal stops and the group still needs to talk. Most radios sell as a body alone and leave you to match an antenna to it, which is the part people get wrong. This one arrives paired.

The radio is the most compact GME make, which is the reason it is here rather than a bigger one. Modern dashes have nowhere left to put a radio body.

/KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY

• A GMRS license is required. It is not optional and it is not instant. How to get a GMRS license covers the $35 fee and the FCC steps.
• Mounting is yours to solve. A bracket and hardware are in the box. Where the body goes in your vehicle is not.
• The 400 receive-only channels are a built-in scanner. You load them from your phone in the XRS Connect app. How to program zones in XRS Connect covers it step by step, and a config saved from the XRS-660-U handheld loads on this radio too.
• CrewTalk keeps a group on one clear channel. How to use GME CrewTalk covers the setup. Running it alongside XRS-660-U handhelds, pick a group from 11 to 30. Groups 1 to 10 put the two radios on different channels.
• The XRS Connect extras need GME on both ends. It talks to any GMRS radio, but CrewTalk, location sharing and status only work between XRS Connect radios. Why switch to GME GMRS radios covers what that looked like with 30 trucks at Eighties on Edison.
• The antenna is medium duty at 2.1 dBi. The whips are interchangeable if you want different gain later.
• GME publish no current draw and no range figure for this pack.

/SPECS

• Radio: XRS-330C-U, 5 W
• Channels: 15 GMRS, 1 to 7 and 15 to 22, FRS compatible
• Repeater channels: 8, split tone capable
• Receive-only channels: 400, user programmable
• Tones: 51 CTCSS, 104 DCS
• Display: OLED, anti-glare
• Speaker: 2 W, front facing, in the speaker mic
• Bluetooth: firmware updates, settings and smartphone control
• Antenna: AE4707B-U fiberglass radome, 2.1 dBi, FME connector
• In the box: radio, MC664B-M-U speaker mic, AE4707B-U antenna, MB207 magnetic mic bracket, LE040 extension lead, AD008 adaptor kit, LE125 12 V power lead, mounting bracket and hardware
• Warranty: 5 years