with a handheld and repeaters you can be more mobile and still reach out quite a ways. my buddy has a handheld and can get about 300 miles using repeaters on it
The only concern I had about repeaters is that the handheld still needs to reach it to communicate. In areas like Johnson Valley it might be asking the impossible for the handheld to find a repeater within five miles with a five watt system.
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