ANTENTOP- 02- 2010, # 014

Simple Ways to Increase Communication Range of a Hand- Held Radio

The radio is received the R4 repiter located 130- km away.

I held the radio by hand in glove, so, my body is isolated from the radio. I get strength by S- scale: 42.

Now my hand is touched metal parts of the radio. I get strength by S- scale: 53. With a 1/4 lambda antenna and my hand is touched metal parts of the radio I get 59!

Note: Some hand- held radios do not have outer metal parts. In this case counterpoise helps to increase the communication range.

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