[Elecraft] Could this operate on a motorcycle?

[K8JHR]

Now I don't mean to sound critical, but is it somehow different for guys 
on bikes than for guys in cars?  We use 5 watt FRS/GMRS radios for our 
MINI Cooper driving club, and we can easily have thirty or forty cars on 
a tour, and have participated in groups as large as 400.  If cars get 
out of range, then we are either too spread out to be a group, or 
perhaps the group is too large if the front and rear cars cannot 
connect, or we cannot relay info.

I suppose that is where knowing the route in advance plays a helpful 
part.  We don't kibitz at every turn;  we pretty much know where we are 
going in advance ... well... all except for "Wrong Way Joan" who gets 
lost no matter what we do.

Is it so different for bikes you need such a wide signal range?  We do 
multi state, multi day tours, so it it is not like we don't go anywhere, 
so I am wondering why you need more range than what a 5 watt rig might 
provide.

Again...not being critical, genuinely curious about this.  Might learn 
something to take back to our club!

------------------  K8JHR --------------------



On 5/4/2014 4:16 PM, rgconner wrote:
 > 5w is not enough if we get out of line of site.
 >

 > 5w on 70cm works great 95% of the time, until we get canyons or lose 
line of
 > site.
 >
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