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Old November 21st 07, 01:13 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.equipment
Steve Calvin Steve Calvin is offline
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Default GMRS Watts v Distance?

Dick wrote:
It's just marketing hype Steve. Next thing you know they will be
50-mile units. A 2-watt HT would be lucky to get one mile let alone
25. Even 5-watt GMRS commercial units (like I have) are only useable
over a couple of miles unless you are line-of-sight. The ONLY way you
are going to get reliable communications over that kind of distance is
through a repeater.

Dick - W6CCD


Thanks Dick. I suspected it was just marketing but thought
that they may have come up with some great new antennae or
something in the receiver that I hadn't heard about.


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Steve