Is it Possible to purchase Handheld AM/SSB Transceivers to Talk to People On?

[Sandra28]

Is It Possible to buy Handheld AM/SSB Transceivers to talk to people
on??

Sandra

[Scott in Baltimore]

> Is It Possible to buy Handheld AM/SSB Transceivers to talk to people on??

In today's extremely noisy 11 meter band, you would not get far enough
to make the expense worthwhile. Any radio transmitter requires a 1/4
wave antenna to work effectively. Handheld radios, whether a 27 MHz
CB transceiver or an 2 meter HT are very inefficient units. By the
time you hook up power, antenna and microphones to them, you might
as well have used a proper mobile or base unit.

Don't waste your money or time on a handheld unit.

In the same vein, the ads for 5, 7 and 10 miles simplex 460 MHz HT's,
like offered for sale as FRS/GMRS radios are a crock. With the small
built-in antennas, you will get no more range then a .5 watt FRS radio.

Don't be fooled. The only way to get some range with a radio is height.

In radio height is might. That's why radio towers are so tall.

[james]

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:16:44 -0400, Scott in Baltimore
> wrote:

>Don't be fooled. The only way to get some range with a radio is height.
>
>In radio height is might. That's why radio towers are so tall.
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Well said!

james

[mopathetic didn't camp at Dayton! CHICKEN BOY!]

Scootiekins will talk to you if you want to meet him late at night to
play. Just call him on 27.555 mHz, where he illegally operates.