text: In reply to message40564: In southern Iowa wifey n I can reach 4 to 7 miles with our hilly terrain here. If you are atop a hill you reach farther. Inside a valley usually up to the top of the next hill. Those radios have removable antennas so you could place a better antenna up on top of a tower, tree, building, grain silo, run a length of wire down to your handheld radio and walla! You just gained miles!