[Az-Geocaching] FRS Radios
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Or, the old fashioned way....learn it....it isn't that hard!
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On Thu, 12 September 2002, Jason Poulter wrote:
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> jason
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> Holmes, Richard wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trisha@brasher.com [mailto:trisha@brasher.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:35 AM
> > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] FRS Radios
> >
> >
> > Another option is you could study for and take the No-Code
Technician
> > Ham Radio test (for the cost of a study book- or free online -
and
> > about $6 to take the test) and then open up your options and
range
> for
> > 2-way communications tremendously!
> > I can currently talk all around the world on VHF and UHF
frequencies
> > (not just the traditional high-band rigs with huge antenna
arrays)
> > from my mobile in my car or hand held, using the relatively new
> > Amateur radio technology called IRLP, that links Ham repeaters
with
> > the Internet.
> > Or, I can talk to my fiance as he drives to and from work,
using a
> > local repeater. Or directly over a range of a few to 50 miles,
> > depending on which radios we are using.
> > We have FRS radios for the kids, they work good in a very local
> > setting, except that we almost always run into other people on
> channel
> > (since the FRS are getting so popular) and most of them have no
> > concept of "radio manners" (which I am used to in the
Ham radio
> crowd).
> > Another 2 cents,
> > Trisha
> > "Lightning"
> > N7TMY
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 11 September 2002, Scott Wood wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I am looking at FRS radios and really have nothing to go on.
I don't
> >>know
> >>anyone who is currently using these.
> >>
> >>I am sure that there must be someone out in the geocaching
community
> >>that
> >>has some experience with these radios. What are some of the
things
> >>that I
> >>should look for or stay away from when shopping for them?
> >>
> >>Scott
> >>Team My Blue Heaven
> >>www.myblueheaven.com/geocache
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