Comment on Getting stuck in the bush: Or how I learned not to be an idiot or trust google maps.
Salvo@aussie.zone 5 weeks agoThe baofeng runs at 8Watt, which is higher than the legal power rating in Australia.
baofengtech.com/product/bf-f8hp/
The RadTel is even more illegal at 10W.
radtels.com/…/radtel-rt-470-6-bands-amateur-ham-t…
The power output of the transmitter is not what gets you range, it is the choice of antenna to match the terrain.
CameronDev@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
They both allow dropping the tramsmit power below 4w, but who knows what they level actually transmit at. If i were using them for anything more than listening to air-traffic control and the occasional road trip i would be a lot more concerned.
My point about the power was that all else being equal, more power is more range. And given the illegal radios way out power yours, but still dont get decent range is a good indication of how bad their antennas are.
Almost every radio reviewer tests line-of-sight range, which is almost always pretty good, so it ends up being meaningless.