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Thank you all for your replies. Didn't get a chance to jump back on here last night, sliced my hand pretty good doing turkey day prep. I do appreciate all your input and tutelage. @dosw again, GREAT MAPS and thank you! Y'all have a great Thanksgiving!

Wow this visual makes a big difference. Thank you very much for taking the time to show me this on a map. Great learning experience. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

I think I may eventually put together a base station as funds permit. My list of hobbies is getting expensive.

Duly noted.

This seems to be the popular consensus. Thank you for replying!

Hello everyone, I live in Las Vegas, NV and I'm new to GMRA use, really radio use in general. I've been doing as much reading as I can to get a better understanding of what GMRS is capable of but I'm still a noob. I'm currently using a handheld Baofeng GMRS-9R and it seems to be working really well. One thing I really haven't found much information on is how to communicate state-to-state to another handheld radio, if even possible. I have programmed some local repeaters and have been checking into some nets to test clarity and signal strength and am happy so far. One thing I discovered is some users communicating all the way from as far as AZ. A buddy of mine out in California has the same radio as I do and we have been wanting to see if we can communicate with each other. We can't seem to find any information on how that is possible and I am stumped as to how these users are able to join nets from Arizona to Las Vegas. I assume they have a base station but my question is this: Is it possible for two handhelds to communicate through repeaters from state to state - Ex: Riverside, CA to Las Vegas, NV? If so, how is that done exactly and could you give a config example? I apologize if this post is so noobish that it insults anyone's intelligence but any advise you can lend would be appreciated. WSCH944 - Arvi