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Looked at offroading there. Unfortunately, with a young family. Some hobbies are not in the plan. We do have land out in West Virginia so we get our kicks heading up to the mountains. George Washington National park (fire roads), our personal mountain range (well a portion of it) out on New Creek Mountain, as well as several runs out to Assateague's beach. I do hope to do a Flag Pole Knob run and camp in a couple of years. Think I might have the burb ready for some light rock crawling and SOTA at the camp site by then. First gotta pass the Tech on Saturday.

I noticed the lack of FCC certification in the manual too. Would be nice to have a 55 watt UHF only radio for amateur use though.

Speaking of that, when I was in high school we use to run down to the power lines. There is a substation not to far from the house. We use to grab fluorescent tube lights and walk under the power line to light them up. Until, we thought about how if there was enough stray electricity floating in the air to light the bulbs up, it probably wasn't a good idea to be walking around there for any amount of time. Google map of lines, the long open green path.

Well, yes, but mostly no. That is to say, the real reason the FT-1907R is not legal for GMRS is contained in paragraph a)... Since the FT-1907R has not been certified, it cannot be legally used. Paragraph c) describes the reason the radio cannot be certified and applies to the manufacturer. But, it is paragraph (a) that is the part that concerns you, the operator. I am sure there are many FT-1907Rs in use on GMRS. But, bottom line, the FT-1907R is not certified for GMRS and therefore cannot be legally used in that service.

It may well be that a previous owner (or a radio shop) has turned down the PA's output to put less strain on the PA, thus extending the service life of the radio without compromising the power too much. Eight fewer watts of output power to the antenna system isn't going to make much difference in the performance anyway. As for measurements, if it ain't a Bird wattmeter, I don't trust it!

FRS is licensed by rule, they also have authority to operate. See 95.359, it's up to both parties to resolve interference issues. This also means that GMRS users cannot jam FRS users in an effort to clear the channel. There's no ownership of channels and they are shared between the services. If the other party is operating outside their authorizations, they lose these protections.