Old Tip Of The Week 4

Range
Terrain plays a very important role in your transmitting distance.
CB signals can be blocked or absorbed thus reducing range.
Much better range can be expected over a large body of water than in the mountains.
Buildings, hills and foliage can greatly reduce the range of CB transmissions.
Atmospheric and weather conditions known as "skip"
has been known to increase range to over 1,000 miles.
At other times normal range can be significantly reduced by atmospheric or weather conditions.
So, CB range can be a matter of yards, miles or sometimes hundreds of miles,
depending on the equipment and conditions.
Below, are listed some typical range guesstimates for different types of transceivers.


4-watt portable to portable
4-watt mobile to mobile
4-watt base  to mobile
SSB mobile to SSB mobile		 1/8 mile to 1 mile
2 miles  to 13 miles
7 miles  to 15 miles
10miles  to 20 miles
The 5 primary factors affecting CB radio range are:
1) Equipment (quality, type, power output)
2) Antenna  (quality, type,wavelength)
3) Antenna heigh
4) Terrain
5) Atmospheric conditions

Remember SWR on your antenna system is the most important factor in range.

The Lower The SWR The Greater The Range.

If you have any questions on the above please  feel free to "E" mail us and I will try to answer all.