As Ed says, they are low power. From my experience, they work fine if there
are only one or two cars in your caravan and they stay reasonably close
together.
(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed's Shop" <shop@justbrits.com>
To: <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Cc: "Mark" <mark@nashvilletn.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Walkie Talkies
> Hi Charlie!!!
>
>
> TOTALLY depends on prevailing 'conditions'.
> By definition (and licensing), they are VERY low power, so IN THERORY
> they only work in a "line of sight" situation, i.e. tip of antennae to tip
> of antennae<G>!! BUT, in most cases the foregoing is actually not
> true<G>!!
> They DO (no matter what the conditions) have limited range. If you are
> hoping to get a 10 - 12 mile distance then mountain-top-to-mountain-top
> is a qualified maybe<G>!!
>
>
> Ed
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