This is a nice, rugged, and very economical 2 meter handheld transceiver I recently acquired for amateur radio emergency comms. One thing I discovered in the course of programming it, was that it's helpful (necessary?) to activate the auto repeater set-up mode with the sub-audible tones turned on. Most repeaters in my area here require the tones to access the repeaters. It has three transmit power levels: 0.5 watts, 2.5 watts, and 5.5 watts; and it only comes with a AA battery pack. With a good antenna up high, it's very effective even at a battery saving 0.5 watts output.
Icom V80 Sport handheld transceiver.