"user" wrote in message
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I need to establish an absolutely reliable line of verbal communication
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I have tried a walkie-talkie T5950 by Motorola. It is the most powerful
I

From what I can find on the web, this radio only puts out 1W, which is not
much. Handheld radios can legally go up to 7W, though very very few go
above
5W. If your communications are possible but poor at 1W, they would
probably
be acceptable but maybe not crystal clear at 5W (you will not get 5X
better
signal because when you double your power, your signal only improves
1.5X).
The problem with consumer-grade radios is they seldom tell you the power
output on the box or bubble pack, so you may have to do some research to
find radios that do 5W. When they say "6 miles" or whatever on the
package,
that is completely meaningless.

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Hope that helps!

I cannot thank you too much. I will have to study your answer and may have a
few more questions.

Yesterday I tried to apply for a FCC license for a GM radio as them call it.
I could not find GMRS category. I got lost in the application because the
system kept asking me about the latitude and longitude of my place which I
have to investigate and there were other errors/ contradictory answers I
could not even properly understand.

I can spend as much as necessary on this line of communication, provided it
is convenient and reliable. Money is no object.

Thanks.