mobile radio

Car communication device

Mobile radio refers to two-way radio communication equipment designed for use in vehicles or while moving, as opposed to fixed base stations.

The term covers everything from taxi dispatch systems to police cruisers to amateur radio setups in cars.

Mobile radios typically have more power than handheld units but less than stationary equipment: The dispatcher reached the patrol car on mobile radio.

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two-way · antenna · static · crackle · breaking up · dead air · trucker · good buddy · transmit · receiver · patrol · emergency · channel · squelch · handheld · broadcast · shortwave · signal

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portability

mobile radiobase station

Fixed wireless communication point

portable radio · walkie-talkie · console radio · ground station

communication technology type

mobile radiolandline

Stationary wired telephone

wireline · corded phone

Family

mobile, radio, mobility, mobilize, mobilization, immobile, immobility, automobile, demobilize

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G