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VHF sounds like the way to go for you guys.

You can get 35 miles with a tower pretty easily. Just need to have a competent vertical antenna placed on your company trucks, and a nice vertical antenna on your tower.

To report back, your trucks will need 50w or higher. Vertex Standard has a few 110w mobile rigs that would almost guarantee a solid copy.

Remember though, for VHF/UHF, height is might. Get your antennas as high as possible. I'd shoot for 40 ft off the ground minimum, but more is better. The Rohn BX series of towers are very durable, and could hold multiple vertical antennas. You can get the 64' BX tower for less than $2000.

Also, be sure to use quality coaxial cable for your base installation. Andrews Heliax is the way to go, although you can settle for LMR600 or LMR400 if you're cheap.

<blockquote data-quote="office888" data-source="post: 251901" data-attributes="member: 9958"><a href="http://reddogradios.com/" target="_blank">Red Dog Radios</a>VHF sounds like the way to go for you guys.You can get 35 miles with a tower pretty easily.&nbsp; Just need to have a competent vertical antenna placed on your company trucks, and a nice vertical antenna on your tower.To report back, your trucks will need 50w or higher.&nbsp; Vertex Standard has a few 110w mobile rigs that would almost guarantee a solid copy.Remember though, for VHF/UHF, height is might.&nbsp; Get your antennas as high as possible.&nbsp; I&#039;d shoot for 40 ft off the ground minimum, but more is better.&nbsp; The Rohn BX series of towers are very durable, and could hold multiple vertical antennas.&nbsp; You can get the 64&#039; BX tower for less than $2000.Also, be sure to use quality coaxial cable for your base installation.&nbsp; Andrews Heliax is the way to go, although you can settle for LMR600 or LMR400 if you&#039;re cheap.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="office888, post: 251901, member: 9958"] [url=http://reddogradios.com/]Red Dog Radios[/url] VHF sounds like the way to go for you guys. You can get 35 miles with a tower pretty easily. Just need to have a competent vertical antenna placed on your company trucks, and a nice vertical antenna on your tower. To report back, your trucks will need 50w or higher. Vertex Standard has a few 110w mobile rigs that would almost guarantee a solid copy. Remember though, for VHF/UHF, height is might. Get your antennas as high as possible. I'd shoot for 40 ft off the ground minimum, but more is better. The Rohn BX series of towers are very durable, and could hold multiple vertical antennas. You can get the 64' BX tower for less than $2000. Also, be sure to use quality coaxial cable for your base installation. Andrews Heliax is the way to go, although you can settle for LMR600 or LMR400 if you're cheap. :D [/QUOTE]

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