WSFP451

That's good to know. I'll have to be sure to be on a hill top if I break down or have an emergency lol. Kidding aside, in a worse case scenario, I could make my way to the top of a hill to catch a repeater if I need help. There are a couple of pretty powerful repeaters in my area that I hope I could hit from line of sight.

Greetings y'all. Another noob here. I recently bought two UV5Rs and got my GMRS license in hopes to have some sort of communication in the case of the shtf. Unbeknownst to me was that the nearby repeater is not GMRS. The nearest one is at least 13 miles away plus lots of trees. So I have a nice pair of moderately priced walkie talkies to use when my son and I go riding on our adventure bikes lol. Anyway, I'm looking forward to learning a lot from y'all. I was a truck driver for 30 years and still have my old Cobra 29, but this is a whole new world to me. I programmed the radios with CHIRP, jotted down usable repeaters around the area and plan to keep one of the radios in my pickup in case whatever. Cheers

Noob here. I'll be watching this thread as I just dipped my toe in by buying a pair of UV-5Rs mainly for the dreaded shtf incident. Unbeknownst to me, the nearest GMRS repeater is about 15 or so miles away. The ones that I could hit from home with a hand held are not GMRS No idea exactly how close I'll need to be to use one as I have a lot to learn. I got my GMRS license, programmed my radios with CHIRP, but left them locked so that's a start. So, I'm watching and trying to learn from ya'll what I can do with these radios besides taking them with me on my adventure bike to keep comms with my riding partner. Cheers