Two-way radio spec guide: what is typical

What counts as a lot, a little or typical for radios: medians, usual range (10th–90th percentile) and extremes of every numeric spec in the catalog.

Radio & range

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Transmit power	4 W	0.5 W – 21 W	0.5 W – 80 W	470
Channels	48	8 – 498	6 – 1,024	382
Maximum range (claimed)	8 km	2 km – 12 km	0.5 km – 30 km	131
Privacy codes (CTCSS / DCS)	148	38 – 262	38 – 1,076	102
Call tones	10	5 – 20	1 – 20	56

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Battery capacity	1,800 mAh	1,000 mAh – 3,120 mAh	200 mAh – 6,800 mAh	271
Battery voltage	7.4 V	3.7 V – 13 V	3.6 V – 14 V	238

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Weight	246 g	99 g – 1,000 g	33 g – 4,500 g	347
Width	115 mm	52 mm – 190 mm	26 mm – 2,000 mm	342
Height	74 mm	47 mm – 173 mm	25 mm – 1,458 mm	341
Depth	36 mm	25 mm – 146 mm	14 mm – 600 mm	340
Water protection (IPx)	IPx7	IPx4 – IPx8	IPx2 – IPx8	215

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
VOX sensitivity levels	9	3 – 10	3 – 15	83

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Radios in the base pack	1	1 – 3	1 – 10	266

Typical range = from the 10th to the 90th percentile of models in the catalog. Obvious data errors are excluded.