mjthomas59
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I've been in search of a mid-tier mobile radio for several months now and came across what i felt was a good deal on a Midland Olympian radio. Its a 50watt VHF-Hi radio and overall looks like it should do the job for me as far as features go.
However, my question is how much does the output power really matter? In terms of simplex operation, how much further could I talk with a 110watt radio vs. a 50 watt radio?? I'm planning on using a "tuned" 5/8 wave VHF antenna on my car.
I'll be primarily using this radio for use on the repeater system, which has several remote receive locations, but our patrol cars use 110watt radios so I was curious if i'll have any issues not running that much juice.
Thanks for the help!
However, my question is how much does the output power really matter? In terms of simplex operation, how much further could I talk with a 110watt radio vs. a 50 watt radio?? I'm planning on using a "tuned" 5/8 wave VHF antenna on my car.
I'll be primarily using this radio for use on the repeater system, which has several remote receive locations, but our patrol cars use 110watt radios so I was curious if i'll have any issues not running that much juice.
Thanks for the help!