When FRS radios boast 5 and 10 mile range, I vision the manufacturer's test
taking place on a perfectly flat open desert. One radio transmits and the
other barely breaks squelch for a microsecond. "That proves it... put 10
mile range all over the packaging!" tout the execs.

No 400 MHz radio with a stub antenna and a tenth of a watt of power or less
is going to transmit well over 5 or 10 miles consistently... let alone a
mile or two.

"Scott" wrote in message
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Thanks. One question? I've been scanning through those freq's and
never get nothing. Wal-Mart is only about 5 miles from me. From
reading these Cobra's can reach up to about 10 miles.