MIDLAND ALAN 42 CB/PMR446 RANGE TEST WILDBANK TRIG POINT 22 MILES TO JODRELL BANK SDR HOBSON MOOR скачать в хорошем качестве

MIDLAND ALAN 42 CB/PMR446 RANGE TEST WILDBANK TRIG POINT 22 MILES TO JODRELL BANK SDR HOBSON MOOR

Disappointing test, CB didn't reach at all which was surprising. PMR did okay on 0.5 watts but I forgot to save the recording. PMR on 1w was better. Not the best test to be honest but this is how it goes. I'll return at a later point and try again when it's not windy and cloudy. Brief but nice mooch. 🙂 I have been reading about the range issue and found this on 4x4cb dot com : ""Unfortunately the range of the handhelds using their own aerial is very limited. If you can connect them to an external aerial then they will work as well as a conventional CB but on their own short aerial you are looking at a range of approximately : 0.5 - 1 miles handheld to handheld 1 - 2 miles handheld to vehicle 1 - 3 miles handheld to base (with big base aerial)"" Years ago I had two RadioShack TCR 1014 handhelds which were almost identical to midland 42, I noticed back then that the range was pretty poor on their antennas. Back then I didn't really understand why. It seems to be because the long wavelength and small antenna simply is not compatible. I'm still surprised that with a practical line of sight they would not manage the 22 miles. I will repeat the test at some point with a ' proper ' antenna. I suppose the obsession with handheld CBs goes back to when I was a kid and they were mega cool but the modern reality is that even a low power pmr446 radio is more convenient, cheaper and has far superior range with a handheld than CB is suitable for. Radios are midland Alan 42 CB 27mhz UK radio and retevis rb628 pmr446 It's worth mentioning that I had a perfect 4g signal on my phone predictably from such a place and was able to access jodrell sdr. Okay unless shtf and then making a 22 mile transmission might be useful. 53.4787932, -2.0183978 is the lat long of the trig point Wildbank trig point is apparently the highest point in Tameside which I highly doubt because the stench of skunk in hattersley and Ashton clearly means people are much higher than Wildbank!