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As mentioned above, range depends on the power of the transmitter. I live about 5 miles from the BNSF yard in Great falls, Montana. When the weather conditions are right, I can hear the switcher engineer,yardmaster & roundhouse clearly, but can't hear the switchman on his handheld. When I'm railfanning in the area of the yards, I can hear both sides of the conversation. On my truck which has a "permanently" mounted scanner, I use a converter cable which fits onto the truck antenna cable and splits the signal and plugs into both the truck radio and the scanner. I know this setup cuts my range compared to using a separate scanner antenna, but it avoids calling attention that I have a scanner in the vehicle. When I am at home I have a handheld scanner with the rubber ducky antena that seems to work just as well and carry it when railfanning for use when I'm out of hearing range for the scanner in the truck. Ron
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