hand held UHF
Submitted: Saturday, Jan 08, 2005 at 23:30
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hand helds are typically 1/2 W. I can unnderstand that this has an impact on "getting out" but is there any real impact on receiving? (obviously hand helds don't have a good antenna but apart from this is there any impact on signal in?)
Reply By: Member - Brian (Gold Coast) - Sunday, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:42
Sunday, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:42
Technically.... no
My own experience with them is otherwise!
We have two... one is the popular Uniden and it workds a treat. For quite some time it was our only radio, no in-dash unit. Last
Easter we "convoyed" to Rover Park with about 10 trucks... we were spread out over a couple of K's and we were second from the leader. He was having a conversation with the tail-end and we could not hear the tails conversation, only the leader! We decided then to put an in-dash unit in the truck and have been in similar situations since but can participate in the chatter!
We still have both the hand helds... they are great for spotting on rough tracks, or when we are camping and the kids go off for an explore, they take one... at least up to a point they are contactable!
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