I want the most coverage for emergency service listening autism

1.25m tends to be used for local stuff, like airsoft teams and shit like that

see i don't know if 5W vs 8W is that significant

might be?

over 1/3 more power

so probably helps a lot

depends on the range you want to have

if I were a good student and remembered my circuit analysis and design lectures

I'd be able to explain all the differences

seeing as we had to build our own transmitters and receivers for a robot

those few extra watts do jack shit range wise unless "perfect weather" scenario

4W + good antenna can do 10 miles(15kmish) on good day

8w in theory has near double range but irl its more +4 to +6 miles if even that

but most likely tad bit more penetration rangewise

and having that 8w radiation next to your head / balls

:D

4 to 6 miles can be quite a big difference if you live in a densely populated area

double the power is like 1.4x range on paper before the weather etc problems iirc

sure double the gain on the antennas and you double the distance pretty much (and battery usage :P)

inverse square law and irradiance are the things for the math needed

but yeah unless its line of sight the extra sending power wont do much

some hooligans are smoking weed near my house

I can smell it

ofc youd be most likely using repeaters. soo if you happen to have smartly place repeaters then sure 8w could come in use

luckily I have good line of sight from where I'd be using the radio

@Semi Truck mc Clusterfuck don't most Emergency services encrypt their traffic these days?

@Matthew who knows? I hope not, I live in a drug infested city, so all the arrests tend to be crackheads running around naked and shit like that, so I want to listen in on that

Literally just install an app on your phone

that's no fun

I like the autism shopping

kinda like tim, just less extreme

for now

most police comms are encrypted

at least the dispatch part

the normal chatter can be still over plain waves/car to car radio

so the extra 3 watts aren't really worth cancelling and reordering for would you say?

@onoderaSecurity depends 100% of your usage

i live in a somewhat urban area, i've been just thinking about it
europe doesn't use 220 like america does im pretty sure

https://alt.radio.scanner.uk.narkive.com/dSQxS0Bg/freqs-in-west-yorkshire

Just booted up mine, apparently there's a shooting in Texas right now. 10k people listening.

i mean 8W up does jack shit if you are only gonna listen in