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FRS Radios vs CB
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July 18th 03, 03:35 PM
stewart
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(Homac) wrote in message . com...
I agree....
Most FRS units I have seen are restricted to 500mW or 1/2 a watt.
All are.
Good for a picnic or at the ski hill.
They are actually fairly worthless at a large ski resort. If you are
on the same run, they might work out, but UHF (FRS) doesn't work well
thru trees.
If you are a radio enthusiast
and want to speak to people around town or further, better stick to CB
or amateur boxes....
CB is OK for mobile/base usage, but they are absolutely huge and
totally inefficient in handheld applications... they might work better
than an FRS radio on the ski slope, but they are completely ungainly.
For the skiing application, a "real" GMRS, or MURS radio would be
preferable to FRS for performance reasons or CB for size reasons, and
a modern miniature 2m ham handheld would be the ideal solution for
both size and performance reasons.
- Stewart
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MURS-OPEN
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