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I normally transmitted on FRS 8-14 which are hard set for low (.5 watts) and after I got my GMRS permission slip, I went to one of the other channels and set the HT to High power (a whopping 2 watts) I still couldn't see a difference. I'll add that GMRS in New England is not popular because of the generally mountainous terrain, so calling out my call sign and asking if anyone hears me, was probably not going to work ever with 2 watts and a stubby fixed antenna. Hopefully I'll be able to reach the repeater in the next town over.

I bought two of the H3's to replace my Cobra Microtalks. I only used them on the FRS channels for several years because I was worried the Men in Black would show up and cuff me. Got my GMRS license and was slightly upset the GMRS channels on "high" power didn't work much better. We'll see how 5 watts and a better antenna work. -Dan