Question : 2 way radio, there has GOT to be one that goes extremely far and supports rechargeable as well as AA batteries?
I need someone to tell me of 2 way radio, that has a lot of good channels, and supports rechargeable or AA batteries. it’s important to use AA or AAA whatever batteries, something I can stock up on incase I can not charge the radio via AC power. What is out there? 30+ Mile range preferred, further the better. Please help!!
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Best answer:

Answer by Dusty
You need a Ham license to do that. The rough rule of thumb for 2 way radio communications when it comes to range is a watt a mile. That means you would need a transmitter with a power out of at least 30 watts and a good antenna. A typical Ham band transceiver with about a 50 watt power output would do the job, but you sure couldn’t run it off of AA or AAA batteries. It could well be a portable or mobile unit running off of ~ 12 VDC at about 25 Amps. A typical CB band walky-talky only runs 5 watts into the final tank circuit (by law) and so under the best of conditions will only put out about 3.7 watts. So it’s typical range is only about 3 1/2 miles under ideal conditions. Those cheap FRS radios that are sold in pairs only have about 800 MW output as, again, by law they only have a 1 watt input to the final tank circuit. The GMRS units do have a 5 watt input and about 3.7 watt out, but you also have to have a license to use them.