"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
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"Steve B" wrote in message
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"cj" wrote in message
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greetings, my elderly father spends alot of time at his workshop and
barn that are about 300 feet from the house.he has concerns about
calling for help whilst away from the house so i am looking for a
cordless phone that would cover that kind of range or better.does such a
cordless phone exist? stringing a land line is not really an option.
thanks, cj

They make walkie talkies now that go 25 miles. A good set with charger
will cost you about $50. I like Midland brand. You might get an
additional


Unless you are on a hill or maybe over water there is no way a walkie
talkie will go 25 miles. Not even the high powered ones of 5 watts or so.
You will be lucky to get 2 or 3 miles out of them in the normal flat areas
especially when the plants have lots of leaves on them. .

I have been a ham for over 35 years and have played with them for years.
This is not the $ 50 class, but more like the $ 250 each and up class, but
the price has came down to about half that now.

To get the 25 mile range you must be on tall hills or mountains.

That is what we have here in the west. Horizon to horizon line of sight. I
have some Motorola commercial job grade radios, and the Midlands do
everything they will do. We've done seven miles with clarity on dry
Pleistocene lake beds.

And surely, you know that 300' is far less than the 2-3 miles that can be
expected even of the cheap walkie talkie radios.

Any more nits?

Steve

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