Dick wrote in
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On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:53:41 GMT, John
wrote:

You will never, ever get 18 miles. The claims by Midland are very
deceptive.


Never, ever is pretty strong. It would take only a few milliwatts
between two mountain tops 18 miles apart. I agree that from a
practical standpoint, that is completely unrealistic, even for a full
5-watt transceiver. I have two excellent GMRS 5-watt HT's, and I'm
lucky to get even one mile in typical terrain. Now, if I had a really
good antenna, that would be a different story.


I stand corrected. I did of course know that. I didn't want to go into
the "you have to be in outer space" type deal.