When you buy a cheap ham radio handy-talkie ... the antennas weren’t bad on the UHF band. That makes sense because the antenna is physically larger but at VHF the size didn’t seem a big ...

Ham radio is no different ... One of the biggest changes in the hobby has been in the radio end. Hams tend to use two kinds of gear: HF and VHF/UHF (that’s high frequency, very high frequency ...

and circuitry to reduce radio frequency (RF) gain. UHF radios differ in terms of range, which is usually measured in miles or kilometers. Some FRS radios and GMRS radios use AA or AAA batteries.