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When FRS radios first came out I had a pair. They are

Posted on: November 28, 2020 at 09:29:39 CT
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restricted to 500mw of power. Went out to western Kansas pheasant hunting and I took those, as well as some 5 watt radios on licensed freqs to make comparisons. One of the guys going was a customer of mine with a dairy operation in Ballwin KS and he had a 30 watt mobile radio in his truck with a 5db gain antenna on the roof, giving his 30 watt radio the same power output as a 75 watt mobile.

With the FRS radios, out on I-70 on average rolling terrain, we could talk 2 miles. With the 5-watt portables, we could talk 2 miles. With a portable to the mobile radio, we could talk 5 miles. If I had another mobile, we could probably do 10-15 miles.

So the ads saying GMRS radios can talk 15~20 miles are bullshìt. No way to reach that with a handheld radio without a repeater with an antenna several hundred feet in the air.

There is a HAM 440 repeater on KMBC's tower at 23rd & Topping. Its antenna is 1000' above average terrain. I can hit it with a 5-watt handheld in Lenexa.
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     LOL - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/27 19:03:08
          Depends... some operate on frequencies that you legally are - TigerMatt STL - 11/28 00:27:53
               When FRS radios first came out I had a pair. They are - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/28 09:29:39
     Lingo for you - TigerFan92 STL - 11/27 18:38:04




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