On Wed, 18 May 2005 20:45:51 -0400, I AmnotGeorgeBush wrote:

They are having a tax free week here on
everything designated "hurricane supplies" and two way radios
qualify,,unfortunately, the radios have to be under thirty bucks, but
the hand held FRS and others are flying off the shelves. There is always
activity on those bands down here,,beaches, theme parks, car
caravans,...wait till echo starts showing up on those bands..whoops,,,I
think it already has.

I would pick up MURS radios instead of the FRS type. They have a bit more
power and at VHF they will carry a bit further and you can use external
antennas too. The external antenna is nothing more that a slightly
modified Ham 2m type. You can't use external antennas on FRS radios.
Some combo FRS and GMRS types you might be able to do it, but they're
hard to find. Also depending on the model of MURS radio you may be able to
program in the local VHF weather channel on 162.xxx MHz.

So are you ready for the hurricane season? You got lucky last year I
think. I flew in to West Palm Beach about a month ago to drive out to the
Indiantown area. I saw plenty of roof work still being done as the plane
came in for a landing.

Regards,

Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO