Michael Melland wrote:
In short you can do things with a mobile you can't acccomplish as surely
with a portable.... but under certain circumstances the reverse is also
true. I'd have both.

Working "on a budget", I found it acceptable to use a portable and have
a linear amp and 5/8-wave antenna on the car.

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