[cva66snipe]

Thanks I should have looked real good first. I don't hold HAM license but I have scanners and an antenna farm LOL. I've received many a tornado warning minutes before NOAA activated their alert system LOL. Scanners are a good place to listen in on HAM Radio and learn terms, lingo, etc and decide how far to get into it.

For real short radio comms you don't especially want to go real far GMRS does the job. For emergencies, hunting, or SHTF and you need property communication it will do the trick. But I know of an instance where using a handheld HAM a kid had summoned help down in a gorge in the 140's MHZ band.

[mylife]

I hear you brother.