Doc Roads
Well-known member
Anyone use this service? I was scanning with my UHF/VHF HT and caught a signal at 462.550 MHz. It was two operators testing out their channel 15 GMRS repeater. I had no idea there was a repeater in the area. I listened and learned a bit about GMRS ... researched it on the internet and found out quite a bit about it. This set of frequencies is reserved for personal use and the license you must get from the FCC covers the whole family. I?ve had a hard time getting DW to get interested in passing the Ham Tech license but she has no problem using an FRS handheld but that has a very limited range .... so this may be an alternative for connectivity between vehicles, fishing trips, and longer distances without the CB color and chatter ... FRS and GMRS freqs overlap ... FRS is a couple watts and GMRS allows up to 50 watts on select freqs. Seems pretty capable and flexible ... anyone have anything to add?