Thanks for all that Dave, I might have a little look on e bay today. Do they
do handheld CB's do you know ?
Clive

"Dave" dave.samuel wrote in message
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Clive

2 miles seems a little low to me.
I have not been on the CB for many a year, not many kids use it now as
they
all have mobile phones!!!
Suggest you get a SWR meter to tune the car Ariel to give maximum output.
I know of a number of boat owners who use CB to chat when on the water to
keep the VHF channels clear.

If using CB when travelling, most of the time the other car(s) are not too
far away so distance is not a problem.

Check out Ebay for cheap sets then if it is no good you can always sell
them
again.

Regards

Dave




Dave, I had thought about CB, but my only experience of it was in my
youth
when it was rubbish. There were just so many people on so few wavebands
that
it was impossible to get in at all. I don't know if they are any better
now,
do you ?? Also, I never found the range very impressive ...............
all
I ever got was about 1.5 to 2 miles and that was from a vehicle based
one.

Clive