Re: CB vs. Cell Phone -Reply

From: Mike Crumley (mcrumley@airmail.net)
Date: Wed Apr 21 1999 - 13:26:50 EDT


At 05:58 PM 4/20/99 , you wrote:

><< Besides, the range of your average CB is only
> a few miles on a good day

>I know my CB setup with dual 48" fiberglass whips can pickup transmissions
>from a home CB base about 20-25 miles away, thats more than a few miles.

I suspect that when he was talking about the range of a CB being only a few
miles, he was referring to transmit range. CBs will pick up a *lot* farther
than they will transmit.

Mike Crumley 97 V6 Auto
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