Don't forget, you can always install a good VHF antenna, and then connect it to your handheld. You may need to get a pigtail connection to do this, but it will work much better than the antenna that is built into the radio.
This will give you most of the range of a fixed unit (not quite as fixed units have 25 watt high power, and most handhelds are 1W or 5W).
But the external antenna will give you MUCH improved range over the built in antenna on the hand held.
As previously mentioned, I'd also get a DC cable for the hand held. You wouldn't want to go an use it and find the internal battery not charged.
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