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Old August 2nd 06, 09:01 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.equipment
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Default Can a six mile radio only yield half a watt?/ Interpreting FCCinfo wrong?



On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Jeff wrote:

Uniden GMR635 FCC ID AMWUT916

This six mile radio says in the FCC specs that it puts out only less than
half a watt...am I reading that right?

Jeff



Most of the 2 billion cell phones that are in existence in the whole world
(yes, 2 billion! US, China, Russia, even 100 million in India, plus
everywhere else) put out less than one watt. And, I see cellphone towers
spaced, what, ten miles +/- appart all over where I live and most cell
phone calls are not over strict line-of-sight paths. Might not be a
totally fair comparison, but some food for thought.