Thanks to all you guys for enlightening me. I did an experiment
- I tuned the dipper to 146.520 (not easy to get it right there) and
took my HT out for a walk. I could hear the carrier out to about
400 yards! I'm in a wire mesh/stucco/aluminum siding structure
in the city so that kind of output from an instrument is surprising.

Imagine what it would have done if I inductively coupled to my GP-6
at 25' ? lol! Next I'll try it on HF with my K2....

Ken KG0WX