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That stuff happens because terrain acts like a wave guide, confines and reflects UHF signals to extend range beyond the RF LOS. Many people here have heard the term "Knife-edge Diffraction", but there is also Terrain Ducting / Terrain Channeling aka Guided Propagation.

It's not fun... and I shared a significantly cleaned-up version of what was actually said.

I wish it was that boring around here. We have the most uncouth people on the radio around here. One lady got on the repeater (not simplex) to tell her husband to go break-up the kids from fighting because she was taking a crap and couldn't get off the commode.

@OffRoaderX did I miss something? I didn't see you call anything crap. Or was there a ninja edit? LoL

No flames... but there are so many other things that could have contributed to your results. That fact that you didn't use the exact same radio for both tests, during the same time of day from the same location (I think), are the big items that come to mind. Slight movement can make a huge difference, too. I can stand in one spot in my driveway with my HT using 0.5w and hit a repeater 30 miles away... but if I move a few inches out of that same spot, I can't hit the same repeater with my 115w mobile and high gain antenna.

Im often mistaken for an adult because of my age.

Hey folks! Had a great time at the Meet-N-Greet. Just wanted to thank everyone for coming out and share a few pictures! Talk to you all soon!

Like I said I get annoyed by it too. However I can see both sides of the argument. Gmrs radio and amateur radio communications via voice are generally conversational. There's no real need for things like tactical call signs and phonetic alphabet on the day-to-day basis. However there is plenty of opportunity when those things can be beneficial to The Operators. But that's not what annoys me. It's probably not what annoys Randy either, though I won't speak for him personally. What does annoy me is people who say their call sign at the beginning of their transmission and at the end of their transmission and in the middle of their transmission every single time they key up the microphone. We get it. We know who we're talking to. You only need to use your call sign three times in every hour of conversation. We don't need to hear it three times a sentence. And just so we're clear it's not a radio thing. I hate when people use words as fillers because they don't know what else to say. Words similar to "like" or dude, or ah, um, or whatever they use to fill in the silence between thoughts. My therapist says I'm getting much better at it though.

It's not so much complaining, more sharing an opinion. It drives me nuts, too. Its actually a topic I cover briefly in all of my training classes.

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@hxpx I measured my TD-H3 on a calibrated meter and got the 0.5w and 4w... so the TIDRadio advertising is very accurate. I was pleasantly surprised. It's assumed based on the framing of the question.

I'm not sure the mobile comparisons are a realistic comparison for the original statement of: A handheld UHF frequencies between 440MHz and 470MHz 2 watts compared to 10 watts HT performance characteristics are significantly different because of the form-factor, antenna design and size, and several other conditions that make it unreasonable to compare them to a mobile radio. We really need someone with an HT that is capable of both 2w and 10w. I have an HT that outputs 0.5w and 4w (about 9dB), but still not 2w and 10w (about 7dB).

There's always one guy. LoL Under perfect conditions, best case, it's 1 S-unit. I would say while there is a measurable difference, there's no difference in practical application. So... I agree.

Hey folks, Just a quick reminder about our meetup this weekend. This is open to everyone. We especially encourage new operators and new members to join. We will have several area repeater owners joining us with information and printed handouts about what is happening in our community. Many of us will have test equipment, willing to help troubleshoot problems and answer any questions you may have. Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday! If you haven't seen the event on our FB page, you can get the details in the original post (above) or at the link below. https://www.facebook.com/events/744340581470568/

@WRXS236 Just so you know, I am not unsympathetic to the point you are trying to make about the terminology being confusing to new-comers. In 2022, I wrote a post here on this forum to help people who are new to radio and specifically address this confusion. I linked it below if you or others would like to read it. So, this is kind of interesting to me... some manufactures use the term "Sub-Channels" to describe DCS and CTCSS, which is very wrong about what is happening, and has no technical history or definition supporting the verbiage. Tonight I went looking for some information on Google about the use of the word subchannels (stimulated by this conversation) and both the AI response and the internet search results point to my write-up on this forum on the subject. That's pretty cool. So, as mentioned above, anyone who wants information about PL tone should check this post out. Couple screen grabs, which I think is pretty cool to see.