WSCU736 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 I know a HT has 5 watts. How would it do with a base antenna? The antenna is about 17' high. I know there is a lot of varibels. Just in general Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 WRWE456 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Line of sight between antenna's is most important. I can reach 91 miles to a repeater with my HT with my rooftop antenna and living on a hill with clear line of sight to the repeater. Socalgmrs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kidphc Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Much better.Remember UHF is line of sight. So the higher the antenna the better it will work (see).Power comes into play to overcome distance and obstructions (like leaves and trees).Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk WSCU736 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Socalgmrs Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 I lived with a comet712 on the roof hooked to my hand held for a while before my base unit got installed. It way more then doubled my distance. WSCU736 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kidphc Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Should note: highly recommend a mag mount mobile antenna. Even with a handset it works well (cavet, your experience will vary). Well much better than ht inside of a car with the rubber duck antenna.It is also why we recommend sma to bnc adapters for the ht and bnc to so239 for the antenna.Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk WSCU736 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I know a HT has 5 watts. How would it do with a base antenna? The antenna is about 17' high. I know there is a lot of varibels. Just in general
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