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Gerhard Beulke December 25th 06 04:57 AM

Suggestions for handheld CB-radio please (long range)
 
Hi,

I'm after a couple handheld CB-radios with the longest possible
range/distance.
Any suggestions please?

Cheers

Steveo December 25th 06 05:06 AM

Suggestions for handheld CB-radio please (long range)
 
Frank Gilliland wrote:
On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:57:20 +1000, Gerhard Beulke
wrote in u:

Hi,

I'm after a couple handheld CB-radios with the longest possible
range/distance.
Any suggestions please?

Cheers


Forget CB; go FRS or GMRS. Longer range, clearer audio, less noise,
smaller antenna, cheaper, etc, etc.

Good advice.

Frank Gilliland December 25th 06 05:10 AM

Suggestions for handheld CB-radio please (long range)
 
On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:57:20 +1000, Gerhard Beulke
wrote in u:

Hi,

I'm after a couple handheld CB-radios with the longest possible
range/distance.
Any suggestions please?

Cheers



Forget CB; go FRS or GMRS. Longer range, clearer audio, less noise,
smaller antenna, cheaper, etc, etc.




Frank Gilliland December 25th 06 05:16 AM

Suggestions for handheld CB-radio please (long range)
 
On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:10:39 -0800, Frank Gilliland
wrote in
:

On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:57:20 +1000, Gerhard Beulke
wrote in u:

Hi,

I'm after a couple handheld CB-radios with the longest possible
range/distance.
Any suggestions please?

Cheers



Forget CB; go FRS or GMRS. Longer range, clearer audio, less noise,
smaller antenna, cheaper, etc, etc.



Whoops, too much eggnog.... didn't see the "au". Do you have an
equivalent UHF service down there?




U-Know-Who December 25th 06 06:01 AM

Suggestions for handheld CB-radio please (long range)
 

"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:57:20 +1000, Gerhard Beulke
wrote in u:

Hi,

I'm after a couple handheld CB-radios with the longest possible
range/distance.
Any suggestions please?

Cheers



Forget CB; go FRS or GMRS. Longer range, clearer audio, less noise,
smaller antenna, cheaper, etc, etc.



Or MURS. A bit more expensive, but better range, generally.



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Steveo December 25th 06 06:37 AM

Suggestions for handheld CB-radio please (long range)
 
"U-Know-Who" wrote:
"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:57:20 +1000, Gerhard Beulke
wrote in u:

Hi,

I'm after a couple handheld CB-radios with the longest possible
range/distance.
Any suggestions please?

Cheers



Forget CB; go FRS or GMRS. Longer range, clearer audio, less noise,
smaller antenna, cheaper, etc, etc.



Or MURS. A bit more expensive, but better range, generally.

True.

(did you change nsp's?)

U-Know-Who December 25th 06 02:24 PM

Suggestions for handheld CB-radio please (long range)
 

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"U-Know-Who" wrote:
"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:57:20 +1000, Gerhard Beulke
wrote in u:

Hi,

I'm after a couple handheld CB-radios with the longest possible
range/distance.
Any suggestions please?

Cheers


Forget CB; go FRS or GMRS. Longer range, clearer audio, less noise,
smaller antenna, cheaper, etc, etc.



Or MURS. A bit more expensive, but better range, generally.

True.

(did you change nsp's?)


Yep Steveo I did...well actually added one as RR has too many issues with
theirs. Sometimes it works, lots of times it doesn't, and I got tired of it.
I suppose you get what you pay for. :-)

Anyway, at the risk of being non-PC, Merry Christmas to you and all who read
this. For those who object to Merry Christmas, bite me! :-)



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Vinnie S. December 26th 06 03:12 AM

Suggestions for handheld CB-radio please (long range)
 
On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:57:20 +1000, Gerhard Beulke wrote:

Hi,

I'm after a couple handheld CB-radios with the longest possible
range/distance.
Any suggestions please?

Cheers



I just picked up a pair of Realistric TRC-222. They are fairly small (as
compared to older Walkie Talkies. They are 40 channels. They have the extra long
center loaded antenna. They also have an external antenna jack. They run 2.5
watts on hit power, and 1 watt on low power. And they are cheap on ebay.

I would suggest these, because most of the newer radios you have, put out 4
watts, which drains batteries far faster. And the difference btween 4 watts and
1 or 2.5 watts in insignificant. Also, the newer radios offer crap antennas.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie S. December 26th 06 03:13 AM

Suggestions for handheld CB-radio please (long range)
 
On 25 Dec 2006 05:06:48 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Frank Gilliland wrote:
On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:57:20 +1000, Gerhard Beulke
wrote in u:

Hi,

I'm after a couple handheld CB-radios with the longest possible
range/distance.
Any suggestions please?

Cheers


Forget CB; go FRS or GMRS. Longer range, clearer audio, less noise,
smaller antenna, cheaper, etc, etc.

Good advice.



If he is in open country, hell yeah. If he is in the city of heavily wooded
areas, forget it. I have some of the higher power ones, and even their range in
limited in the woods. Nothing can touch them if you are within range, though.

Vinnie S.

Paul Johnson December 26th 06 05:46 PM

Suggestions for handheld CB-radio please (long range)
 
Gerhard Beulke wrote:

I'm after a couple handheld CB-radios with the longest possible
range/distance.
Any suggestions please?


What's the application? 11-meter CB by rule gets pretty terrible
performance on handie-talkies.


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