I’ve watched the very informative video by Fraser @MM0EFI, link; 2m FM - testing hand held radios
I suspect that I’ll not be operating too many locations with transmitters on them (I usually spend the summer months in Scotland in my RV - I’m lucky that I can work away from home in a virtual office and an understanding employer!), so I suspect that I’ll get something like the Baofeng GT-3WP, but it all depends on what I find at the rally (new or second-hand!).
I’ll probably pick up the 2m sotabeams filter at some point too, but perhaps in a few paychecks time! Bandpass filter for 2m - SOTABEAMS