Radioactive General Lee

In order for you to be heard on the other side of the conversation if the person on the receiving end does not have one of Mark's radios you will need to compensate with power to make up for the lack of sensitivity on the receiving end of the conversation

 

Any radio can be made into a good radio. Sometimes it takes longer on one than it might on another. It would be worth asking him for an estimate on the Radioactive radio

 

I guess I forgot to ask you the most important question. What type of vehicle are you going to be communicating with? If it's two cars then you might be able to get away with a couple brand new stock Cobra 148. Talking to and hearing a tractor-trailer at that distance is a little bit more of a challenge but is easily doable

 

A car will always transmit further than a tractor trailer so that's something to take into consideration

 

Does this include cars with magnetic-mounts, such as a K30 or LilWil? Is it the car's ground plane that makes the difference?

 

Yes the Wilson 5k and Sirio 5K Magnet mount on the roof of a car or pickup truck will give you better performance than can be achieved with a tractor trailer. I can't vouch for K30 or Lil Will, I'm sure they would work decently as well.
hard to beat a flat roof as a ground plane.

 

I had a little wil and I didn't like it.

My old RadioShack 64" base loaded whip on a 5" magnet mount kicked the crap out of it.