Hand Held / Portable UHF CB
Hand held transceivers are useful for camping, trekking, fishing and
sporting events. The antenna is built into the device and modern hand held
transceivers now have numerous features.
Such features may include a rechargeable battery packs, charging cradle, 12V
car charger, headset, a squelch system which is used to eliminate annoying
background noise when there are no signals present, call function, voice
activated operation for hand-free use, LCD screen that displays modes of
operation.
For caravanners, a handset for the passenger in addition to the vehicle
transceiver, is useful for communication when attempting to park your van.
It is courtesy to select another channel other than 18 or 40 on which to
communicate whilst doing so.
Low powered UHF CB two way radio – 2 klm range in open space with no
building interference
High powered UHF CB two way radio – 5 klm range in open space with no
building interference.
Some familiar brand names for hand held UHF radio transceivers are GME,
Uniden and Icom.
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