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Is It Possible to buy Handheld AM/SSB Transceivers to talk to people on??
In today's extremely noisy 11 meter band, you would not get far enough to make the expense worthwhile. Any radio transmitter requires a 1/4 wave antenna to work effectively. Handheld radios, whether a 27 MHz CB transceiver or an 2 meter HT are very inefficient units. By the time you hook up power, antenna and microphones to them, you might as well have used a proper mobile or base unit. Don't waste your money or time on a handheld unit. In the same vein, the ads for 5, 7 and 10 miles simplex 460 MHz HT's, like offered for sale as FRS/GMRS radios are a crock. With the small built-in antennas, you will get no more range then a .5 watt FRS radio. Don't be fooled. The only way to get some range with a radio is height. In radio height is might. That's why radio towers are so tall. |
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