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Realistically, one can get about 2-18 miles of range with a transceiver unless you have a particularly powerful base station with a large antenna, in which case your range can be hundreds of miles.

The answer is Yes. Just listening to handheld transceiver does not require a license, except you want to use it for other purposes.

Handheld Vacuums Battery life typically varies from a blink and you'll miss it five minutes, all the way up to a more respectable 30 minutes.

Incase of the transmitting antenna height is 30 meters and the receiving antenna height is 6 meters, the maximum transmission range is 32.66 kilometers.

While its unlikely to be traced, law enforcement may attempt to locate a broadcast location if required. Under F.C.C. guidelines, it is possible to use radios in an illegal manner, either through operating without a license or improper use.

If you use a ham radio without a license, your radio will report you. Just kidding. Actually, you'll likely "report" yourself, because if you worked at it hard enough to know what you were doing, you could have easily obtained the license.