[Elecraft] Could this operate on a motorcycle?

[Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT]

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I said in an earlier post that you had to know what "this application" 
was before you determine what is (or isn't) the right radio.

In a post I did not see through the list, we learned that "this 
application" is for a group of motorcyclists to talk among themselves, 
all on the same channel.

They're out of simplex VHF range, at least for handhelds.

Going to HF means everyone has to go to HF, so it's not a $2000 problem 
(KX3 plus antennas and hardware) but $2000/each.

The first thing I'd probably do is get some really good VHF antennas for 
everyone in the group.  Something at least 6db better than a rubber duckie.

Once I saw a really well designed 2 meter J-pole that mounted on top of 
a Hustler mast.  The owner had no problems getting into repeaters where 
some of us could not because he had just a little bit of height.  It 
wasn't ideal in parking garages, he had to stop and fold the mast.

If antenna alone doesn't work, then 2 meter mobile radios with some 
power could solve the problem.

73 -- Lynn