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"Dennis Pogson" wrote: Doug Dotson wrote: wrote in message ... On 2005-05-04 said: There is a news group of sometime questionable protocols that might be willing to help you determine whether CB radio would work for you. It is rec.radio.cb. Give it a try. Good luck Nah I wouldn't suggest using cb for anything, maybe cb'ers for target practice. HEre's why. THe original poster says: Del Cecchi wrote: I am looking for a way to communicate from boat to my spouse on shore over distances of less than 10 miles. This is due to some medical issues I have. I have looked at VHF radios, but there seem to be few that plug into 110 for cabin use. I could just go with a couple of hand helds if that would have the range. Does anyone have experience with the range of VHF Handhelds? Any suggestions for a unit for the Cabin? Or do I just get a boat unit, a battery and a charger? NO cell phone coverage in the area, get a regular marine unit for the cabin, forget the charger unless you want battery backup. Even then get a 12 volt dc power supply to power the radio and/or float charge your battery so that you have the radio powered even if the cabin loses electrical power from mains service. YOu can install a decent antenna on the roof of the cabin or somewhere else and have 10 miles or so easy. And the fact that there is a big fine if you get caught isn;t a factor? CB it's all according. Sometimes 10 miles can be a push if you've got the skip rolling good and some loudmouth redneck yelling "how 'bout it skipland!!!" when you're trying to talk between you. Skip isn;t a possability at 10 miles. Groundwave only. AT ten miles without a good gain antenna at both ends chances are good you're going to be fighting to be heard over the trash. True, so install a good antenna. gO marine vhf or gmrs. GMRS is legal, marine isn't. YEs both require some licensing, but it's well worth it in the long run. License or not, marine is illegal for the proposed situation. Ham has the same thing with rigs, not many vhf/uhf rigs made to run off a/c mains power, so in those cases a decent power supply to power a mobile and a decent base station antenna will be better investments than a cb radio for reliability. Richard Webb, amateur radio callsign nf5b active on the Maritime Mobile service network, 14.300 mhz REplace anything before the @ symbol with elspider for real email Seems like there's a hole in the market here boys! Who's gonna be the first to plug it? -- -- Digital Photo-charts fo all UK areas. Remove 'nospam' to reply. There isn't a hole in the market, there is a Giant Regulatory Roadblock for noncommercial Maritime Shore Stations. They are not LEGAL by ITU Regulation, not just in the USofA. Bruce in alaska -- add a 2 before @ |
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