On 26 Nov 2004 19:02:39 GMT, Alun wrote:

The stores, however, market GMRS handelds as FRS handhelds with more range,
with the minor detail about needing a licence in the smallest possible
print.

That's how the MURS - non-licensed VHF low-power radios - came
about. They were originally license-required Business Radio
channels but E.F. Johnson and Motorola wholesaled their overrun
but under-selling "el cheapo" handhelds out to Costco and Wal-Mart
(remember the "color dot" and "jobcomm" radios ?) and the rest is
history.

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane