VR The Dipole Antenna and CB Radio

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   savage308win says:

   October 2, 2014 at 5:09 PM

   You can use 11 meters and get better distance than higher bands on FM but I
   would suggest a different mode like ssb and using an amateur radio or
   modified CB on a frequency far from the regular 40. In RWOL don’t think the
   FCC will be a concern.
   

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   SurvivalTechNord says:

   October 2, 2014 at 4:26 PM

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   SurvivalTechNord says:

   October 2, 2014 at 4:12 PM

   +savage308win
   Thanks for your reply.
   I completely agree about the FCC. Regarding 11 meters compared to VHF. That
   is more complicated and a common misconception, which is dependant on
   environmental variables, like trees, buildings, over water, in mountainous
   area, antenna choice, antenna efficiency, … 11 meters is less predictable
   than lower HF bands with the random nature of atmospheric conditions. On FM
   as you mentioned, using the typical 5 watt CB radio, with vertical antenna,
   mounted 10 meters over ground, in an urban environment, one might expect
   horizon to horizon on a “typical” day. Switch to SSB and you could be
   ragchewing at x50 beyond the horizon, you just never know! Also remember
   that it’s much easier to build a smaller yet extremely high gain antenna
   for VHF where an antenna for 11 meters with equal gain would be so big,
   that it would be impossible to use in the tactical environment mentioned in
   the original example of that first video. One reason the military uses VHF,
   UHF, SHF for tactical comms is the small size compared to high gain of
   antenna on those frequencies 🙂
   kind regards

   SurvivalTech

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