Reviving this thread for some more opinions. I am thinking about getting a CB for use on the trails and think I would prefer the handheld, just b/c I don't really envision using it often enough to justify hard mounting it, wiring it, and having a big antenna on there all the time.

Thinking about the Cobra or Midland handhelds; I believe the Cobra comes with DC adapter for car and a small external antenna.

Will this get me by at my local offroad park? I mean, literally my group will probably never be more than a few hundred yards apart at worst, but it is wooded/rocky/etc. Thoughts?

 

for answering your question: yes a descent handheld will get you couples miles range as long as the other have good equipments to listen. If you get a kit, handheld, antenna and 12v cigarette plug better get a mobile / antenna with magnetic base and the 12v cigarette cord. same thing less expensif.

if your group does not already have a communication method, may I suggest go on the FRS / GMRS route, cheap, easy and good distance.

 

Of course I will google search, but FRS / GMRS? Sorry, newb in this arena...

EDIT: Got it, two way radios. Yeah, I have a couple of them, but not enough for entire group and people always seem to forget them, but many of them also have CB (which is why they probably think they dont need a two-way radio)...