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Old 06-09-2009, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by matt131 View Post
Hi Rich, I have tried a 5 watt VHF portable a 4 watt UHF portable and the DTR units all under the same if not similar conditions. The DTR units work better than the UHF or VHF portables. The one example I use is that my family was at EPCOT at Sorin out side and I was in an elevator at the beach club Resort and I was able to talk to them. To me that is amazing coverage with a 1 watt digital radio. Now the conditions may not always be perfect so the radio works all the time but out of all the tests I have done I would stick with the DTR units.
Well that makes perfect sense, because the 900 MHz DTR radio would have far better building penetration than VHF or even UHF. Probably the best reason for why 900 MHz reportedly works so well is because when you're actually in a park, you're in a very congested and "urban-like" environment where 900 MHz performs best.
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