Pat wrote:
On May 24, 1:13 pm, "Ulysses" wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message

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Within the last several years, FCC authorized "Family Radio
Service". I know that many stores have great success with
them. Though, they are not legal for use by business. Just
families. Still, many stores use them.
They are seriously cheap on Ebay. And can be bought with
rechargable batteries, and charge stands. So you're not
spending piles of money on batteries.
Cheaper than using cell phone minutes for everything.
I like my gadgets. And FRS walkie talkies are on my list of
neat gadgets I like to play with. Who has used them, and how
did they work?
My major experience has been picnics. From picnic base to
firewood team, they are good for chit chat. The only time
I've used them for anything real, was one time I was pincic
with a friend. His daughter wandered off. He went to look
for her, and I stayed at the base.
Used them while working on a heating and AC job. They were a
serious help, there. We could have guys in the cellar, or in
the attic, and saved a lot of running around.
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I got some with a 3 mile range and they didn't work from my house to the
back of my property (over a hill about 1000 feet). I got some with a 7 mile
range and they didn't work as well as the 3 mile range. About the only time
I actually use them is while working on something when someone has to
monitor one thing while someone else is 500 feet away working on the
problem.

I was hoping they would work well enough so my wife or daughter could call
if they got stuck in the mud where there is no cell phone service. It's
less than a mile to the bad area and they don't work.

That might be better suited for CB radios and/or walkie talkies. More
power. Better antennas.



Agreed. For in cars, a $40 Uniden and a decent mag-mount antenna (not
the short POS that comes with the radio), is a great thing to have. And
most police departments still monitor channel 19. The CB fad may have
(thankfully) died down among civilians, but 99% of all truckers still
have them. HazMat carriers HAVE to have them. I've called in many an
accident/breakdown over the years via CB. Still a lot of cell dead
zones when cities are more than 40 miles apart on interstate.

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