That's why base stations have 250 - 300w where mobiles are 100.
On 07/05/2010 12:20 PM, Chuck Kelsey wrote: > > > Jim - > > My experience with 6-FM is that you are going to have a much harder > time hearing the repeater than getting in to it. The noise encountered > in a mobile environment desenses your receiver. There are exceptions > to this, but as a general rule it's true. So, some loss on RX isn't > necessarily going to be a killer. My 6 meter repeater typically far > outhears that the user receiver can pick up. You can be full quieting > running a 50 or less watt mobile and have difficulty hearing the > repeater's 100 watt transmitter. Again, not always, but quite often. > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > > > _,_._,___