Well I'm definitely not going to argue with you Lauchlin, you do sound knowledgeable when it comes to radios....but I was up on Blackjack Ridge on Sunday and I was speaking with a truck driver who was driving through Tacoma which is approx. 225miles.
As for the emergency band....not a big deal. I don't wheel by myself, and do my best not to put myself in a situation to seriously hurt myself.
As for the hand helds I find that all of them will comm. with each other just some more poorly than others. I can be at the back of a 6 rig lineup and not be able to make out what the lead vehicle is saying from 40 yards.
Hey Web....I find that with the VHF hand helds...unless everyone is running the same radio they are very spotty in my personal experience.
I'm only interested in communicating with my group that I'm running with so the CB works great...I do have weather channel and emergency channel on my CB and I can get 350+km out of it.
I use CB, I don't need a ton of range (Although I do pickup truckers in Seattle at times) I find VHF radios (Hand helds) are hit and miss when it comes to what others are carrying. Unless I have a certain radio and enough to give to 6 other rigs it's pointless.
Most of the guys I wheel with also use CB.
Going out Sunday morning 9:30a.m. meet time in the Nanaimo area. Winch, locker(s), lift and tires required, likelihood of carnage....high. Be gone most of the day so pack a lunch. P.M. for location.
Well I'm definitely not going to argue with you Lauchlin, you do sound knowledgeable when it comes to radios....but I was up on Blackjack Ridge on Sunday and I was speaking with a truck driver who was driving through Tacoma which is approx. 225miles.
As for the emergency band....not a big deal. I don't wheel by myself, and do my best not to put myself in a situation to seriously hurt myself.
As for the hand helds I find that all of them will comm. with each other just some more poorly than others. I can be at the back of a 6 rig lineup and not be able to make out what the lead vehicle is saying from 40 yards.
Hey Web....I find that with the VHF hand helds...unless everyone is running the same radio they are very spotty in my personal experience.
I'm only interested in communicating with my group that I'm running with so the CB works great...I do have weather channel and emergency channel on my CB and I can get 350+km out of it.
I use CB, I don't need a ton of range (Although I do pickup truckers in Seattle at times) I find VHF radios (Hand helds) are hit and miss when it comes to what others are carrying. Unless I have a certain radio and enough to give to 6 other rigs it's pointless.
Most of the guys I wheel with also use CB.
Greasy day today
Going out Sunday morning 9:30a.m. meet time in the Nanaimo area. Winch, locker(s), lift and tires required, likelihood of carnage....high. Be gone most of the day so pack a lunch. P.M. for location.