01-18-2021, 04:32 PM
What gets 30 mile range? "Up to" is amazingly subjective. I don't know of anything the general public has access to that can seriously do 30 miles. But I do know that retail products make such wild claims. I have not seen "30" miles yet! Where I live, Direct Talk might do two miles (guessing). But nothing you can put in a pants pocket is going to do anything better without a repeater.
The thing about Direct Talk is that it's reasonably "secure". First it's digital, second it's in part of the spectrum that you can't legally use anything else to listen with in most places (meaning nobody anywhere makes receivers for it), third it's FHSS.
I personally don't worry about these kind of things. If I didn't have access to bigger and better stuff, MURS, FRS and CB would be for for me. But this isn't popular opinion. It seems that most people don't want to be listened to on the air. That's where Direct Talk comes in. It's "secure" but legal.
The thing about Direct Talk is that it's reasonably "secure". First it's digital, second it's in part of the spectrum that you can't legally use anything else to listen with in most places (meaning nobody anywhere makes receivers for it), third it's FHSS.
I personally don't worry about these kind of things. If I didn't have access to bigger and better stuff, MURS, FRS and CB would be for for me. But this isn't popular opinion. It seems that most people don't want to be listened to on the air. That's where Direct Talk comes in. It's "secure" but legal.