Rule of thumb is that one watt will get you one kilometre of coverage. You
may get more but you'd need good line of sight. Car mounted CBs get more
range because they have better antennas.
We use 2 watt Uniden walkie-talkies - they seem to do the job.
Paul Dodd
Docklands, VIC
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On Behalf Of Don and Llane Hadden
Sent: Monday, 7 January 2008 1:37 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: Walky talkies
Has anyone had experience of using these in the field? We live far from any
mobile phone coverage and there have been times when 2 of us have been
searching for birds and it would have been really handy to have been able to
call them up to come over and see something special. I'm interested in the
best possible range. It would be helpful if they took AA batteries but I
guess not essential. I tried a fairly basic Uniden pair yesterday with a
claim of up to 4km. They were marginal at 1km and useless beyond.
Any suggestions?
Don Hadden
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