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Old May 4th 05, 02:10 PM
Scott Dorsey
 
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Dr. Anton T. Squeegee wrote:

I can't imagine why anyone would want to. FRS radios are, by
design, cheap, nasty, and poor performers where RF is concerned. You'd
get better performance out of an old Motorola HT-220 portable
(discontinued in 1979) than you would out of an FRS unit.


Hey, this brings to mind that I need about a dozen VHF HT-220 sets, preferably
tuned for the business band rather than 2M, but I'll take what I can get.
I'd sort of rather have them working.

If you want some inexpensive radios for amateur 440 use, pop over
to Greed-Bay or your nearest ham radio swap meet, and poke around for
some Motorola HT600's or something similar. You'd be much better off,
and there are plenty of folk who can program and align them for you if
you lack the equipment to do so yourself (I know, because I'm one of
'em). ;-)


Those things cost real money, though! More than $25, anyway.
--scott

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