Dave, I'm lucky to get 3000 feet through the woods with 1 or 4 watt.?ÿ Does 35 watt do any better??ÿ My understanding is you need to put it up in the air or use repeater rather than get more power.?ÿ Could be wrong.
Duane, I don't feel like I can be of a lot of specific help to you on this one.?ÿ I will say that 35w doesn't seem to pack the extra punch that you would think compared to 1w, for example.
I went for a long time with degrading performance until I sent my radio in for repair.?ÿ Then it worked a whole lot better again.
I find the variables to be difficult to get a handle on but if I had to guess I might be getting 2-3 times more range than you indicated but that is truly a WAG.?ÿ I will say that most job site conditions find me using one base setup with generally continuous reception.?ÿ I work in a lot of hills and I could be wrong but I doubt that most sites are limited by the height of my antenna because I feel that would be moot considering the terrain.
I will try to pay more attention to these details in the future.
Duane,
More about range capabilities with the 35w radio:
Today I was working with my LS - T2 combo and decided to go into town to grab a bite to eat for lunch while the base and radio were still running.?ÿ The base was on a rural hilltop and the rover wound up in an urban valley 3.2 miles away with radio reception while still in the truck.?ÿ At the very end the reception was starting to waver while in the vehicle so I am sure it was still capable of working outside of the vehicle.?ÿ The rover did not have line of sight to the base either as there was the brink of the hill on line in between the two.
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Licensed Land Surveyor
Finger Lakes Region, Upstate New York