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Those are vehicle mounted radio setups, not handhelds.

 

Do you not all use those for truck to truck when travelling? Or are they "trail range" only.

 

I use both depending on radios on other vehicles. I my vehicle mount, but my handheld is handy for when I get out of the truck while at Hidden Falls.

 

I'll rephrase - with an antenna external to the truck (even the magnetic one) can the portable be used on the road as well, or is the 5W not enough?

 

With the extended-range antenna if you hang it out the window you get the range of about 2 miles

 

You get about 20 miles range with the five watt external mounted antenna they use those Midland 5 watt 2 way radios in the school buses

 

but I'm that cool dude that has a long route and is out of the range of the radio

 

But that one Spensive

 

Josh and I were able to get about 3-4 miles of range on 1431 even thru the hills.

 

Thanks Matt. Looking for that one size does most everything package for the extremely limited use I might have. Magnetic base out the back window, and good road distance, that would be great way for me to go. Still have your CB in a nice case I made for handheld (need to borrow it again for Jambo @hoverlover ? Got more goodies than it did before.....

 

It's perfectly fine to use in a convoy on the road or to listen to weather channels

 

Now you guys are speaking my simple language. Might not have lost everyone when we rolled into FBurg on that trail ride, and still can pull out of the truck for handy fun. Perfect for me.

 

But it's good and its what I have.

Yep, we 3-4 miles of range between Lago Vista and Hidden Falls with Matt on a handheld and me on my vehicle mount. I was able to communicate with Brandon while he was on his handheld at Wal-Mart in Fredericksburg and I was 5.5 miles east of in the vineyard areas on my vehicle mount.

 

I was talking to Ryan while he was on his handheld at area B at hidden falls while i was on the rails on the back side of the park

 

Perfect!

 

Handheld to handheld I get a couple miles, but I'm usually outside of the truck.

 

Learning manual transmissions in class this evening.

 

Odds are good that won't be an issue! I'm more than likely to be around one of you guys with the mobile units!

 

I bet if I would have got outside my vehicle it probably would have went farther

 

I did that a lifetime ago