Moving experience

[Linus]

My wife and I are making an interstate move and it was great to have a radio in a Penske truck and one of our cars. In addition, we have two handheld radios. That made backing up the truck with a car carrier so much easier! She could direct me when I backed out of our original home. Along the way, she could pull behind me and let me know if there were any trailer stability issues at higher speeds. After a few hours, I had my wife drive the speed limit while I drove at a slower rate (trailer limit). We had some awesome range in Eastern Oregon. 

We had great range as she pulled away. Our radios have repeater capabilities but we kept them on a simplex channel. We said our goodbyes as she pulled away from the line of site. A few hours later, I caught up at the hotel. 
 

We have been long users of GMRS, and the service was awesome for the move. 
 

we hope that others get great use out of GMRS. 

[Socalgmrs]

Great to hear. That’s what it’s for.  I would not have figured you would have needed or wanted to use repeaters since it wasn’t a place you lived, worked or played.   Gmrs is a tool.  Gmrs is Not a way to meet strangers. 

[Linus]

27 minutes ago, Socalgmrs said:

Great to hear. That’s what it’s for.  I would not have figured you would have needed or wanted to use repeaters since it wasn’t a place you lived, worked or played.   Gmrs is a tool.  Gmrs is Not a way to meet strangers. 

Yes. For sure. Skiing, biking, camping, and moving. We get a lot of good use out of them. 

[Jaay]

2 hours ago, Socalgmrs said:

Great to hear. That’s what it’s for.  I would not have figured you would have needed or wanted to use repeaters since it wasn’t a place you lived, worked or played.   Gmrs is a tool.  Gmrs is Not a way to meet strangers. 

Nothing wrong with talking to Other operators either ... Your so-called "Strangers"!

[nokones]

5 hours ago, Jaay said:

Nothing wrong with talking to Other operators either ... Your so-called "Strangers"!

A.K.A. "Anonymous People"

[Bogieboy01]

11 minutes ago, nokones said:

A.K.A. "Anonymous People"

You mean "radio dorks in thier underwear in thier parents basement"

[GreggInFL]

Hey, how'd you know I'm in my underwear?

[GreggInFL]

10 hours ago, Linus said:

My wife and I are making an interstate move and it was great to have a radio in a Penske truck and one of our cars. In addition, we have two handheld radios. That made backing up the truck with a car carrier so much easier! She could direct me when I backed out of our original home. Along the way, she could pull behind me and let me know if there were any trailer stability issues at higher speeds. After a few hours, I had my wife drive the speed limit while I drove at a slower rate (trailer limit). We had some awesome range in Eastern Oregon. 

We had great range as she pulled away. Our radios have repeater capabilities but we kept them on a simplex channel. We said our goodbyes as she pulled away from the line of site. A few hours later, I caught up at the hotel. 
 

We have been long users of GMRS, and the service was awesome for the move. 
 

we hope that others get great use out of GMRS. 

We used them recently with three RVs on a road trip. Sure beats trying to set up a conference call or a group text.

[nokones]

4 hours ago, Bogieboy01 said:

You mean "radio dorks in thier underwear in thier parents basement"

Hmm, I didn't know that those anonymous people types do that in basements. We don't have basements in Cactusland. That must be what they do in Tornado Land.

[Linus]

My wife was super impressed. She might be ready for an amateur license some day. 
 

We had an interesting announcement about the state patrol. I thanked some people way ahead of me, but there was no way for me to exceed the limit. I did tell me to look at a mountain range off to the left and the view was amazing. Nice people along the way.

[WRTC928]

I used GMRS radios when I moved from Alaska to Oklahoma 3 years ago. There were 4 of us with an RV and a pickup truck pulling a trailer. There are long stretches of the Alaska Highway where cell service is nonexistent. It was orders of magnitude better than pulling over and talking in person when we needed to pass on information.