Any idead how far a 10 watt lsb radio would tx ?
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:40 am
Hello:
Several years back while on a canadian hunt I saw a radio that had really intriqued me and always thought bout its capabilities.
We were dropped into camp by a bush pilot and camp quide was one person for the week.
During that week the quide was many times out helping retrieve .
During hisabsence several times during the week a radio signal would be called into camp from im assuming base checking in to see if things wereok and if anything needed picked up or dropped off by float plane.
Anyway I responded with the notes found on the radio camp quide wanted ect.
Ive always wondered how far that signal might have come and how far I was possibly talking in miles.
It was pretty much open flat country with a bare copper wire strung between 2 poles id estimate 25ft tall and obviously above ground obstructions that the tx wire connected in the center of the wire with a balum as I recall now.
Coax wasn't 1/2 inch heliax but looked a bit better quality than cb rg8 1/2 inch coax as I recall.
The radio was a 10 watt lower side band at 4529 khz .
I do recall needing to adjust the clarifier on side band to hear the other better and reallydid sound fairly good for a sideband whiny reception.
Without all the hype on skip or enhanced atompherics conditions what would the aprox tranmit range be for day and is it same for night without storms ?
Thank you
Satelite
Several years back while on a canadian hunt I saw a radio that had really intriqued me and always thought bout its capabilities.
We were dropped into camp by a bush pilot and camp quide was one person for the week.
During that week the quide was many times out helping retrieve .
During hisabsence several times during the week a radio signal would be called into camp from im assuming base checking in to see if things wereok and if anything needed picked up or dropped off by float plane.
Anyway I responded with the notes found on the radio camp quide wanted ect.
Ive always wondered how far that signal might have come and how far I was possibly talking in miles.
It was pretty much open flat country with a bare copper wire strung between 2 poles id estimate 25ft tall and obviously above ground obstructions that the tx wire connected in the center of the wire with a balum as I recall now.
Coax wasn't 1/2 inch heliax but looked a bit better quality than cb rg8 1/2 inch coax as I recall.
The radio was a 10 watt lower side band at 4529 khz .
I do recall needing to adjust the clarifier on side band to hear the other better and reallydid sound fairly good for a sideband whiny reception.
Without all the hype on skip or enhanced atompherics conditions what would the aprox tranmit range be for day and is it same for night without storms ?
Thank you
Satelite