ShapeShifter
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cpurves wrote:I have two GMRS radios. They are a bit more powerfull than the FRS radios.
Just a note to those who might not realize it: and with the higher power comes a requirement for a license.
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A lot of us use Family Radio Service radios, and quite a few use GMRS radios as well (The upper channels on some FRS radios are GMRS and you have to be licensed) some of us even have the GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) license so we can use those upper channels LEAGALLY. 
FRS is low power, GMRS we get to use higher power but since on the frequencies in quesiton Height is Might.. Don't matter much
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ddreisbach
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We use our GMRS radios for caravaning, hunting, shopping, whatever. We take them to the big home show, boat show and auto show. We even use them around the house.
Sure, we're supposed to have a license... And truckers aren't supposed to cuss. Get real! 
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BCNUL8R
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ddreisbach wrote:We use our GMRS radios for caravaning, hunting, shopping, whatever. We take them to the big home show, boat show and auto show. We even use them around the house.
Sure, we're supposed to have a license... And truckers aren't supposed to cuss. Get real!
And with that attitude it won't be long before FRS/GMRS frequencies will be just like CB class D...
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ddreisbach
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BCNUL8R wrote:ddreisbach wrote:We use our GMRS radios for caravaning, hunting, shopping, whatever. We take them to the big home show, boat show and auto show. We even use them around the house.
Sure, we're supposed to have a license... And truckers aren't supposed to cuss. Get real!
And with that attitude it won't be long before FRS/GMRS frequencies will be just like CB class D...
Why? Because the users don't have a license? How did you make that leap in logic?
These radios are sold in discount and dollar stores for as little as one-third the cost of an FCC license. Out of the millions of people using them, what percentage do you think are licensed? 1%? You're saying that those unlicensed outlaws are going to ruin it for everybody else? They ARE everybody else!
With 22 channels and 38 security codes we rarely hear anyone else, unlike CB. I don't see the problem.
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Bobbo
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DW and I use GMRS radios around campsites and such. And yes, I do have a license.
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bsprague
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GMRS and FRS radios are "simplex". One person talks at a time by keying the mike. Let's say you are the driver and DW is the "spotter". If you key the mike to say "How am I doing" while she keys the mike to say "STOP", you are going to hit the post. You can be hitting the post and denting the rig while there is silence as you both push your buttons.
If you have them, use your cell phones. Most of us have those now. Most of us can talk for free to our DWs because they are "in plan". Cell phones are "duplex". You can both talk at the same time and actually have a meaningful conversation about the post, before you hit it.
My DW **knows** how to use a cell phone. Everybody's DW knows how to use a cell phone effectively. "Push to talk" is a foreign concept reserved for truckers, pilots and boaters.
On edit: Most DHs know how to use cell phones too. I don't mean to suggest a skill difference between DHs and DWs. That would be a differnt thread. (grinning until DW reads this)
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Mandolin Guy
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We've been through this before:
"You gotta have a license."
"I don't care. No one else has a license."
"It's the law."
"I don't care. No one else has a license."
"You should still do the right thing."
"I don't care. No one else has a license."
The fact is, in some areas, it already sounds like CB. Be that as it may, they're still useful for caravaning, maneuvering into a space, etc. The CB is still best for the open road.
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bsprague
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Mandolin Guy wrote:The CB is still best for the open road.
I'm thinking the only fix is if we all post our cell phone numbers on the back of our rigs! (grin)
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