Thread: VHF range?
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Old 04-10-2015, 08:20 PM   #56
Marin
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Originally Posted by caltexflanc View Post
In our several trips through the San Juans and Gulf Islands, I can never recall needing to jack up the power to reach any marina, the CG or anyone else. Sounds like faulty equipment or someone trying to reach people 20 miles away..
Nope, equipment is fine. And we often are needing to reach people 20 miles away or more. 25 watts is the way to go around here, and that's what everyone I have ever talked to about this uses. 5 watts is fine for talking across the bay to someone. But for what we use our radio for, 25 watts is the only way to go.

And we almost never hear people being stepped on. Perhaps this is a problem in other places, but up here radio etiquette seems to be something most people have learned.

For us, 5 watts is totally worthless and doesn't even need to be built into the radio.
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