On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Paul Plack wrote: > Gordon, something worth trying might be low-band. > > About 20 years ago, I lived in an area where hams did course communications > for rally events in very mountainous terrain. I remember experimenting one > night about 2am with my partner at the other end of a heavily wooded course, > about 12 miles end-to-end. > > 444 MHz simplex, 5 watts, colinear mobile whip - no copy. > > 146 MHz simplex, 5 watts, 5/8-wave mobile whip - no copy, but would barely > break the carrier squelch. > > 29.6 MHz simplex, 4 watts, FM CB conversion, 1.3m helically-wound mobile > whip - full quieting and S9+.
Motorola Syntor Xs are relatively easy to locate, and can be programmed for 10m to 6m without any retuning. They were designed for 30-50MHz. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
