Nevada weekend trip October 15th and 16th.
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Off-Road Ranger I
We'll just tape an FRS under his dash somewhere so he has to listen to us.
actually @Rubilocal said I could borrow his hand held cb ... so I might is its pertinent ?
Maybe I can pick up some of those kiddy radios aka walkie talkies ( frs) so I can play along ... ha
Maybe I can pick up some of those kiddy radios aka walkie talkies ( frs) so I can play along ... ha
Off-Road Ranger I
Either is handy for keeping group moving. Less stopping to shout at each other.
yeah but aren't the FRS ones just a walkie talkie and only communicates with the other unit in a 2 pack ?
I was gonna do the ham deal awhile back , but saw all that stuff ya gotta learn and I thought naw... how many times would I even use one , I thought, so nixed that idea ....
I was gonna do the ham deal awhile back , but saw all that stuff ya gotta learn and I thought naw... how many times would I even use one , I thought, so nixed that idea ....
Nope, they work on a hand full of channels. They will intercommunicate. Though they do have a private mode.
Yes. We used them on our Death Valley trip and I was impressed. I've since gotten an CB and the FRS are quite a bit better.
any brand better than the rest ? ... I'll jam by best buy and grab one what is the GMRS channels? so they work on a "handful" of CB channels , so I can use one as a CB kinda ?
I have Motorola.
GMRS is a higher power allocation in the same frequency range. You technically need a license to use it. You get more power and better hardware with them. The license is like $80 for 5 years and extends to your immediate family. It's a step towards a basic amateur license. It's not necessarily interoperable with FRS.
It's complicated, but the short answer is FRS is good enough.
-M
Just other FRS.
FRS is UHF or the 70cm band or 462 - 467 MHz while CB is the 11m band or 27 MHz. (Sorry, my amateur radio license requires that I give you a bunch of useless information.)
-M
Off-Road Ranger I
You can probably get a pretty inexpensive handset that does both. Get the cheap Motorola... The power is capped by FCC anyway so it's not like the more expensive ones are higher wattage. (if you want that buy an off brand Chinese unit)
Off-Road Ranger I
