11-10-2012, 11:45 PM
(03-02-2012, 09:38 AM)panther223 Wrote: Hams would be much better than cb's If you had a base station and a couple of hand helds for LRRP and perimeter patrols that would be best. You take a HAM test for $25 and get a hand held for about $250 CB is good for about 3 miles?
With no amps on my CB I've hit people 20 miles away. With the radio and antenna properly tuned that's a reasonable distance to expect from CB BUT weather conditions can affect that. Some days there's so much atmospheric interference that 5 miles becomes difficult.
(11-08-2012, 10:43 PM)regelr Wrote: I am a HAM Operator, they work very well, is there anyone else in Sector 6? We could possibly start a fun HAM NET. Overall on this topic having Both a CB and a Mobil Ham would be best. If your looking to get a radio you want to have some power behind it, especially for PA with all our mountains. I have a YAESU VX-8DR its a crazy radio, 5 watt power I think. I am looking into a YAESU - FT-857D for my mobile-truck. I have a CB but its a cheap one from RadioShack, I will be getting a handheld and mobile also.
Let me know if any HAM is interested in meeting up in Sector 6 via radio net.
Don't knock the radio shack CBs. The boards for theirs, cobra, and uniden all come out of the same plant in china and have the same schematics, they just change the exact positions of the components on the board to make them look different if someone opens the radios. ie: RS Compact/Uniden 510PRO/Cobra 19 are all the same radio.