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Radio line of sight also includes repeaters on a mountain 100mi away (radio line of sight is somewhat further than optical) and satellites 250 miles above. Tro
by nullc 3y ago
Radio line of sight also includes repeaters on a mountain 100mi away (radio line of sight is somewhat further than optical) and satellites 250 miles above.
Tropo does occasionally get intentionally used by HT users though most weak signal operation is on SSB (and not on HT's, which don't do SSB for frequency stability reasons that no longer apply and amplifier linearity issues that only somewhat apply).
- lxgr 3y agoThat I was aware of, and I'm not saying that LOS can't achieve impressive things. Quite the contrary, I think it's amazing that it's possible to sometimes reach the ISS with a small and affordable Baofeng handheld! I just wasn't aware which applications could benefit from a (much) larger transmission power in a handheld UHF/VHF radio.