RadioBanter - View Single Post - Looking for 15-20mile handheld CB radio...

January 2nd 04, 03:25 PM

From: (Jim=A0Hampton)
Twist,

He mentioned 'handheld'. He didn't say 'radio

in a vehicle'. I suspect trying to walk around

with a handheld, a linear amp, and four Sears

Die-Hards in a backpack might prove

uncomfortable

My bad! My only excuse is being road weary..I missed the "handheld" the
first time around until I came to Raymond's post, and I certainly
assumed he was longing for mobile use as oposed to something truly
portable.

15 to 20 miles is going to be *very* tough,

unless one of the handhelds is located up four
or five hundred feet in the air. The antenna

and ground system (or, rather, lack thereof) is

going to doom any 27 MHz handheld. MURS

would have a good chance, as long as one of

those units is up hundreds of feet in the air.

FRS is unlikely to have the erp to make the

distance (certainly not a reliable job) even if

one of the handhelds was up 400 or 500 feet

in the air. About the only choice I see is a tech
license and using a repeater. The key here is

'handheld'. However, if Sarge is willing to use

a radio in a car, things change a bit. MURS

would likely make 15 miles with a decent

antenna and tower at the base and a decent

5/8 wave antenna on the car.

73 from Rochester, NY

Jim

Agreed. As you astutely illustrated, I was thinking along the lines of a
half-decent (*?*) handheld attached to a decent mobile antenna with a
tiny bit of juice,,,my bad was interpreting portable as mobile,,,,not
the same thing.