Timeline for What is the expected range of handheld radio?
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| Feb 10, 2021 at 16:35 | comment | added | Dave | @randomhead if you ask your mechanic to install one they might, nothing i have ever flown has had one. | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 16:27 | comment | added | randomhead | Do any aircraft panels have a "connect handheld here" RF jack so you can use the plane's external antenna with an handheld radio? Seems like an option at least worth considering, though you'd also have to store the coax cable to use as a jumper. I know our portable backup radios on the ground are normally connected to external antennas but have portable whip antennas in case we need to bring them with during an evacuation. | |
| Feb 24, 2017 at 12:32 | comment | added | Rowan Hawkins | With that small of a power difference antenna location will have a significant effect on transmission range. If the surface of your craft is metal that will act as an attenuator for an internal transmitter and receiver. For optimal usage maintain the antenna in a vertical orientation and be near a window. | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 7:35 | vote | accept | CrepuscularV | ||
| Jan 13, 2016 at 17:34 | history | answered | Dave | CC BY-SA 3.0 |