If you're going to spend that much may as well get a (but then you need to worry about a power supply). Sure it's only 2-meter, but that is more popular and there are repeaters. Idk that you would miss the 70cm band. You could always monitor that on your cheap Baofeng!
If you're going to spend that much may as well get a [Yaesu FT-2980R](https://www.gigaparts.com/yaesu-ft-2980r.html) (but then you need to worry about a power supply). Sure it's only 2-meter, but that is more popular and there are repeaters. Idk that you would miss the 70cm band. You could always monitor that on your cheap Baofeng!
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