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Okay, I guess I missed that video. Now that does impress me. If your getting around 40 miles with just 4 watts, then all I can say is good job, and a great mobile set up. It would of have been a neat test, if you would of bumped the power up to the 30 watt limit, just to see if he could hear you better when asking about his location. Then I guess it would help prove that sometimes, just an extra 20 watts or so is all it takes to get the job done. Anyw

 

Oops, I bumped the wrong button. I was just going to say, anyways thanks for the video Rabbi. Sorry for the extra post.

 

You won’t talk 30 to 40 miles around here mobile to mobile even with the best antenna. Too much interference. Now I can talk 70 or 80 miles to a set of five element beams 120’ up from my mobile and my setups are tuned correctly. Maybe on a clear night on flat land I could do it mobile to mobile running power.

 

Didn't ruffle any of my feathers...and NO I don't need 500w to talk 10 miles either just was using 500w's as a reference to bad conditions...Was also just trying to point out, that it's not all that impossible to talk 30-40+ miles on a regular 4w CB...Just have to have all your ducks in a row, and some good conditions...

In a major City where there's all kinds of other electrical noises and microwaves going on you maybe lucky to only get out 3 or 4 miles, but get out away from the City's, and you would be surprised at just how far you can talk on a 4w radio.

 

This guy is a prime example of a noisy receiver. His base station antenna is directly under some high power lines and he's lucky to hear more than a couple miles from his house.

 

Okay, very good. Sounds like we were basically saying the same thing but on a different wavelength ... LOL. Yes definitely location, terrain, band conditions, antenna mount location etc, effect the distance especially on 11 meters. Somehow I missed Rabbi’s video using 4 watts, so that was my fault. It was definitely an impressive contact.

 

Rabbi, was the 4-Watt Anytone test done at 40 miles?

I listed to the recording but the weak reception and fading signals did not seem to allow the other party to say where he was in relation to you.

 

Probably 35 as the crow flies. He was at summit anthracite in good springs pa. I was at exit 256 off I80

 

Talking 35 miles with 4 watts is outstanding performance alright. It sounds like line-of-sight transmission mode, since it seems to me that other forms of surface wave propagation would be too lossy for 4 watts at 27 MHz. Maybe?

 

His receiver was drastically modified to hear really weak signals. I had to text him and tell him to standby and listen.
He wouldn't have noticed my signal otherwise.