Not good for finding lost dogs / cats unless hey carry a very large battery and antenna. Good for long distance, but only with a band-matching antenna (and ple

Not good for finding lost dogs / cats unless hey carry a very large battery and antenna. Good for long distance, but only with a band-matching antenna (and plenty of power) at the transmitting end. But fantastic at reaching multiple simple receivers simultaneously over a very wide area with voice-quality transmission when you do.