Re: CB reception

Posted by Shawn Pope KC0FZV on February 24, 2001 at 13:53:13:

In Reply to: CB reception posted by Jason on February 24, 2001 at 13:09:14:

That sounds about right for an unmodifyed CB. Typically you can figure about 1 mile/ Watt on a CB, on a GOOD day. CB's have (legally) 4 watts, but are usually very poorly tuned radios, as compared to amateur or professional radios. You would probably not see a huge improvement by adding a dedicated CB antenna,IMHO. You can expect anywhere from 1/2mile to 5 mile range typically, regardless.

Hope this helps.

73's
Shawn

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