On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:11:14 -0500, Scott in Baltimore wrote:

Plotus wrote:
I grant you that these radios and CB are different, but I thought you CB
buffs might know off hand something about VHF's as well. I'm aware that
some people have CB's with a linear? mabe broadcasting 20-30 watts, or
way illegal, but my question is for a VHF. Can you also pump up these
radios from stock. Not that I'd ever, ever do something to tamper with,
and incur the wrath of the FCC. Ahemm. Thanks for your
responces.....also what about if that (radio) ahemmm, was found to be
pumped up, would the antena requirements be aparrant? Thanks in
advance for this tutorial....ahemmmm....

Height is might. The higher the antenna, the better your range.
VHF is more line of sight then CB is. Don't use marine frequencies
on land. MURS will keep you out of trouble. Use the lower three
channels on 151 because there is too much stuff on the 154 MHz ones.

Of course a ham tech ticket is a simple test and the range there
can be statewide on 2 meters with through a repeater. Since 2 meters
sounds like CB, you'll feel right at home!!

-Scott/AE

Certainly is. Do you know why the FCC changed the rules for CB radio
antennas to be no more than 60 feet above the ground?
Because of what some friends of mine did as a test.
The radio shack store had their regular antenna up on the roof. So we
decided to see what would happen if we put one on a 60 foot mast.
Within two weeks after we had it running, an FCC inspector came and had a
look. For two hours he sat in his car going through his book. He was ****ed
because he couldn't find any law to slap us with.

We tested the system by talking to people and switching antennas. We got
something like a 6 to 10 db gain on the taller antenna, with no added
power. Most people thought we were running a linear.