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On 4/11/2023 at 6:52 PM, KAF6045 said:
The difference in range between 2W and 5W is minuscule.
For the same quality radio sure.
A cheap bubble pack with a stubby fixed antenna vs
a decent GMRS radio and antenna is a big difference.
Get a mile away and they are gone.
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On the original post.
It has never been a real problem.
Most FRS traffic seems to be on channel one.
I have never had to change channels more than once o a camping trip because of traffic.
Remember FRS radios are limited on range on purpose.
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On 3/18/2023 at 11:13 AM, Lscott said:
Each employee, including you, would be required to have their own GMRS license and comply with all the regulations including the ID one. As a business owner you can't get a license for your business, that was eliminated with the rule changes in 2017, and hand out radios to your employees.
If that's too much to deal with then just go and buy a bunch of FRS radios. Most of the same regulations apply that you see for GMRS. The big differences are the radios are limited to 2 watts on most channels, no repeater access and no ID/license requirements.
This is were the service naming is backward. "Family Radio Service" is for general use.
"General Mobile Radio Service" is for anybody in your family (and other families with a licensed user).
It is very common for a boss to get GMRS radios and communicate with his unrelated employees though.
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On 3/9/2023 at 3:34 PM, OffRoaderX said:
If the receiving radio has no receive-tone set, it will still hear the transmission.
If the receiving radio has a different tone set, or of the receiving radio had a tone set, but the transmitting radio is not sending any tone, then receiving radio would not hear it.
Sorry. I wasn't clear. I meant the OP with the radios he is trying to diagnose this problem on.
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What if you transmit with a tone but the other radio does not have a receive tone set.
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I like my RA-25 (DB-20 AT-779 are the same).
Nice simple GMRS mobile.
Plus In an emergency It can be unlocked to other frequencies.
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On 2/22/2023 at 5:07 PM, OffRoaderX said:
The DB-25 is probably my lease-favorite radio,
Call me old fashioned but I prefer to buy my radios.
- Sshannon, WRUU653 and kmcdonaugh
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Be sure to ask them what kind of access you will have to your repeater.
- Sshannon and wayoverthere
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Yesterday I had a teenager home sick from school because he had thrown up in the night and the school has a 24 hour rule.
My wife called me at work on her lunch break. "He won't answer his phone. Text or call."
I could tell by her voice that she was already worrying. She is across town and I am in the next town.
So I say. Walk out to your car and try him on the base station.
I get a text back a few minutes later that he is fine but has lost his phone in his pig sty of a room.
Not a major emergency she can get pretty worked up worrying about her babies.
Maybe I got a couple of my radios justified with the Wife.
- Duck218, pcradio, wayoverthere and 6 others
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I have not tried that one but I have three Retevis mobile radios that function as expected.
I would also like to know more about this one for my wife's car.
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You could buy on of these instead.
I have had one up for a few months.
Gets me to the horizon from my house.
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On 1/29/2023 at 11:07 AM, Duck218 said:
Just wish for the price it had more channel storage options and listening for more frequencies.
Maybe you shouldn't be looking at Midland then.
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I have velcro under my dash.
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51 minutes ago, Borage257 said:
@PartsMan add a yagi and you’ll really get some range!
I would like to experiment with a yagi but the direction I would want to go farther has a hill in the way.
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Have I got a deal for you guys.
My old Asus EEE resets back to the early 2000s every time I shut it down.
FYI you will get errors from windows update and browsers if you try to operate that way very long.
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Bridgcom has done it. Does not look simple to me.
Here is the video. No mention of loss or price.
https://www.bridgecomsystems.com/blogs/bridgecom-tx-rx-blog/two-repeaters-one-antenna-feed-line
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I have never used the strap or hands free ear piece. I don't know why they are usually included.
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Both repeaters could be receiving 467 frequencies but from different channels to avoid a loop.
.550 and .650 was my example.
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GMRS all the way for me. Range isn't everything.
The radio selection is infinitely better.
Also A much better chance of some FRS radio being nearby in an emergency.
Avoiding FRS channels
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I do think it is crappy of the FCC to let FRS on all 22 channels.
They should have some of there own, us have some of our own, and a few overlapping.