What would be the optimum range or distance to base station (Lynx)?
2014855
I am not sure about a Lynx system. I have the unit mounted inside the metal case of a Generac 20KW whole house generator that is at least 30' from an Ademco keypad with a wireless receiver in it. The generator is outside and the keypad is inside the house. So the signals have to pass through one outside wall. I use both the magnetic sensor and the side contacts. I have not had any problems with reception since being installed three months ago.
2014856
I installed two on two gates outside a villa, distance to the far sensor is around 70 feet, villa is bricks and solid wood door , never missed an alert using lynx L5100
2014857
Its going to depend on the environment. I'm at about 80' with the lynx in a wood framed house, device on a metal gate. If you ever have trouble with distance, you can always add on a repeater.
1263679
With the stock antenna, I was able to get reasonable voice quality up to about 5 miles. This was flat suburban terrain. There were trees and buildings between the two radios, so you will likely get more range in a desert. This was on a GMRS frequency at full output power. The other radio was a high-end Cobra with a similar factory antenna and transmit power. As the others said, range will vary widely based on terrain, antenna.
2153543
Be sure to have a look at the coverage maps for each system.They seem to only work if you are near a major city so far.
342147
The base unit operates on the 2.4 GHz ISM band using 802.11 b Wi-Fi, which is rated at a range of 125 ft indoor; 460 ft outdoor. So it sounds like you would be pushing the limit. Depends on how many walls, floors, windows, trees, etc. it must pass through and how dense they are. You won't know till you try.
1683756
I don't know the exact range. However, many other factors contribute to range operability i.e walls, metal, microwaves etc. I operate mine between several walls and approx.100 ft away so you should be o.k. (It is radio waves so "line if sight" is always best........
2073898
Any. It provides as good a signal from all satellites as possible. However, it won't work through dense trees.
471054
I have a metal roof on my house. I have the antenna mounted on the end of the roof closest to the cell tower. I am behind a hill that previously blocked all reception. I do have to have the phone close to the inside antenna (15' to 25') and not in the room where my wifi router is.
1806213
In testing the unit in the field with a 15" laptop and Samsung Galaxy S4 cell phone, we have received a usable signal (stronger than -80dBi) line-of-site range of about 800 foot radius. We have deployed units indoors, usable signal through four drywall walls was about 200 foot radius.
1020620
The range says 16 miles and I've only tested it up to a couple miles and reception has been good. I'm not sure how it would work on a ship but I would think the range would be sufficient.
573415
All I can tell you is this... if you have a fairly clear space without alot of trees, you should reach about 50 miles. We HAD a good signal until the trees bloomed their leaves and now no signal as we live in a Sherwood Forest type area of GA. I reach Atlanta some 30 miles away when the leaves are off with no problem. DBi gain, etc I do not remember, sorry. Also, I have a booster on mine I bought seperately and it really helps with digital channels.
1570160
It has a range from 88.1 all the way up to 107.9. It's just a matter of which ones are usable, depending on the area. 105.5 works best for me in my neck of the woods.
1337173
I'm located in NC mountains and using this C2V-CJM antenna indoors. At first I received just a few stations 80-100 miles away. I later added a CM7777 30db gain amp and now receiving as many as 25-30 channels from 3 different markets.
581345
As close as possible to get the strongest signal. You can move it to various locations once you have it up & running to test the strength.
947516
What kind of radio setups are you running? What kind of terrain between you? IF you are on relatively flat land, it will still take some wattage for reliable communication. Also the antennas should be about 40 ft. at the base.
147330
I am picking up my wifi from my house to my shop ( where the cc x mile is located ) I am also able to see multiple signals from others some more than a mile away. The distance is about 500 feet and I am getting 5 bars in shop, the area is wide open space .
832301
I suspect that you would get pretty good reception depending upon how open the area is around it. I'm mounted around 9 feet off the ground with houses and trees all around, but still get amazing reception (picking up stations from all major markets within 50 miles).
448285
I had my wireless unit about 300 feet (100 yards) from the base but the reception started to get 'spotty.' I would say that 200 - 250 feet would be a good maximum range.