Re: CBs -> SW transcievers?

[Alexei M Voloshin <Alexei.M.Voloshin-1@tc.umn.edu>]

You can talk a to a person a mile away. Any good SW trans. operates 
in the CB BW, but the with FCC license you can use more power. Also, a 
radio-type  antenna is quite sufficient for around-the-globe purposes. 
I'm not even speaking about 10 mile radius.

Alex 

On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Lee Levitt wrote:

> At 03:18 PM 3/3/97 -0600, Alexei M Voloshin wrote:
> >Short wave transcievers anyone?? FCC licence is really easy to get and 
> >you can communicate around the globe from your car.
> 
> Um, why? I've always wondered about this...I want to know what's going on
> in the next mile, not in East Nowhere. 
> 
> OTOH, those big antennas sure do look sporty ;-)
> 
> Lee
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