My Comms let me down

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Thanks NR

The article is also on the main SUK site, and there are also downloads of programmng protocols for walkie talkies on there too.

My earlier reply to Aguy was very much in haste as quite busy in my office today.

Back on thread.... Aguy: Please tell us what you want to achieve with your coms system as this will very much drive the type and cost of solutions that are open to you.

It also will help to know your approximate location and the elevation of your station relative to your local landscape out to around 20 miles.

My recommendation, ahead of your response to this is that it th most likely requirements are Local out to around 20 miles and National out to 300 to 600 miles.

Your current setup will probably be good to 5 miles and with tweeking and upgrading will possibly get you to the 20 mile target. ( 20 miles being an awkward range for radios and coincidentally approximate to 1 days foraging range on foot. This is a very useful footprint to have covered. Your CB equipment is also capable of 300 to 600 mile range, but only during specific mid summer conditions. Maybe you've already experienced this?

The 20 to 300 to 600 mile range can be accomplished using a military transmission technique called NVIS. This can be achieved with ultra low cost low complexity equipment or with gear that will require you to financially dig quite deeply. I'm im progress of writing a specific article on NVIS for the main SUK site. It should be ready in around a months time.

So Back to you for some feedback.