Home comms help

My handheld Kenwood does not have the power (5W) to reach our local emergency repeater very well, based on terrain, foliage and simple distance.

Looking to get a good home based HAM radio to allow for comms during emergencies. I have a Yaesu FT-350 in my truck, but during a recent storm found it's not practical to sit in the truck during this event or future events.

Again, looking for a good home based radio preferably A/C as I don't have much in way of 12 V stand by time in batteries.

Finally, with the recommendation of the radio what would be a good antenna to match up with it? Prefer to keep it rather stealthy, I have a Diamond discount D3000 antenna already, would this work for the radio being recommended??

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Home comms help