Earlier today I was cleaning out a crawl space that’s under our staircase and I came across a pair of Cobra Micro Talk radios. I remember buying them years ago , I think it was at Walmart when then first opened a store here on Long Island. I don’t ever remember using them. I think I bought them to replace a handheld cb. They’re in like new condition. I put 4 AAA batteries in one of them and turned it on. I scanned thru the channels until I heard some traffic on ch 16. The 2 guys that were talking were describing places that are about 15 miles west of me. I tried tried talking but no reply. One of me questions is , how far can these transmit ? I’m in a highly populated suburban area on Long Island , mostly 2 story houses , not many building taller than 2 or 3 floors and lots of trees. Any help is appreciated.
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Cobra Micro Talk
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Couple miles tops. A mile or so is probably more realistic. The other people could have been using higher powered GMRS radios, external antennas, could have been using CTCSS/PL tones, etc. Unless you are on a mountain (or the other people are), you will never reach 15 miles with those handhelds.
oldradioguy2010
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A few years back, radio shack sold one channel HTs. They were 500 miliwattt ( 1/2 watt).
My wife was at the shopping center and I was in the car going to pick her up.
We had to be better than 2 miles apart, but remember I was in the car HT and she was outside the mall HT.
Like Foresst Gump said. You never know what you going to get.
Have fun with the Cobras
DW
So.Cal
My wife was at the shopping center and I was in the car going to pick her up.
We had to be better than 2 miles apart, but remember I was in the car HT and she was outside the mall HT.
Like Foresst Gump said. You never know what you going to get.
Have fun with the Cobras
DW
So.Cal
rescuecomm
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Channel 16 can be used as a repeater output. Probably what you were hearing since repeaters are put on high buildings or mountains. It takes a different type of radio to access them, but the signals can be heard a long way on your radio.
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