Bobsprit wrote:
How is it that you can have a conversation from Execution Rocks to
Morris Cove using your rig with "amazing range", when the other radio
is, presumably, a standard output?

The fellow at Morris cove had a hell of a radio...a very expensive
Icom with a whip at the his masthead.

What is the height of the antenna mounting? What length is the whip?


I heard him with some static.
somewhat faint. He apparently heard me better, loud, but said my
signal got chopped a few times. Making a 40-50 mile shout on a VHF is
possible. I reach beyond Huntington with ease where a friend keeps
his Cape Dory. His cheap Uniden barely reaches me however.

What is the height of your antenna mounting? What length is your antenna?


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