.>>>Okay, I'll admit up front that this has been discussed before, and I ignored the threads because I wasn't interested in owning a set of 2-way radios. But, I'm seeing the error of my ways, and my wife and I are interested in getting ourselves a set for Christmas. I noticed the other day that some have a 5 mile range.... I thought 2 miles was the legal limit?<<< It's really misleading advertising... Those radios have the 2 mile range for FRS, which is license free. The ads never say this but if you wish to use the GMRS 5 mile range, this Does require an FCC license, and the last time I checked, the fee was $75! It's a business band. I've used FRS on a number of occasions to keep paddling groups together on rivers, and I've never had a problem with people out of range. 2 miles seems ok. If I wanted 5 miles I would go for handheld CB radios which don't need a license... I'm not overly thrilled with the 'privacy' codes either. They're not. I can always hear them but they can't hear me... >>>Key things for me are transmission distance, no or low static/interference, waterproof/resistant, easy to use, more than one channel if other radios are in the area, easy one hand operation. What else should I care about? They're all FM radios so static usually isn't a problem. FRS has no emergency channels and CB does, plus it's likely to have more people listening especially if you're near a road. The Motorola FRSs I use are listed as waterproof, except for the battery holder... Joe P. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 10 2003 - 15:08:06 PST
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