GMRS requires no testing. The license is cheap, is valid for 10 years, and your whole family can use it.
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“GMRS requires no testing. The license is cheap, is valid for 10 years, and your whole family can use it.”
Thats right and to add...
For a simple emergency setup GMRS is hard to beat. Low learning curve and relatively inexpensive. Put up a good outside antenna and low loss coax into a mobile radio set up inside the house on a power supply or solar charged battery.
Using mobile antennas on and all your vehicles will greatly improve both transmit and receive range.
Look for handheld radios that have a connector for the antenna connection so you have the option of connecting better antennas.
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Just got into GMRS myself. Oldest son has the BTECH GMRS-50X1 and I have the AnyTone AT-778UV.
The difference between the two: the BTECH has 50 watts and comes pre-programmed with the FRS and GMRS frequencies already. It's a pure FRS/GMRS rig. It can listen only on 2m/70cm and there isn't a mod to enable transmit on those frequencies.
My Anytone has 25 watts but also works on FRS/GMRS/2m/70cm and has a beautiful color display and is easy as heck to learn to program from the mic. I have a 200w VHF and UHF amp so I can wire those into the gas guzzling SUV when I need them on 2m/70cm.
Also ordered a GMRS repeater and bay antenna so when that comes in I'll set that up as well.
Kinda digging GMRS, all the antenna's will fit up in the attic since I live in a townhome now and on 50w with GRMS I've been talking into NW Indiana, Chicago, Monee, Plainfield even with the attic antenna. :-)