When you buy a cheap ham radio handy ... be able to connect an antenna and see its performance over a wide band of frequencies. Some of the antennas weren’t bad on the UHF band.

You would construct a counterpoise antenna wire 11.5 inch for VHF, 6.5 for UHF and about 19.5 inches for an OK performing dual band VHF/UHF radio. Normally with a handheld radio the counterpoise ...

and antenna. They are available in mobile and base configurations. Radios differ in terms of performance specifications and features. CB radios have 40 channels, squelch or mute features, a public ...