New CB Band, VHF MURs - Page 3

bushwacker · #21 (**permalink**) 11-13-2005, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheech

Good lord I had this scary thought that all the companys that make those useless litle gmrs radios are going to start making murs radios :shock: They already made gmrs a usless thing! I dont think they will take over but Im saying that a couple of years ago I had just heard of gmrs and no one made radios with the gmrs chanels. Now you can walk in to any store almost and buy some cheap poorly constructed gmrs radio and I have never once heard any licenced operators on those things. Thank God they dont transmit for crap! Next thing it will be murs :?

same thing up here-- you guys had it out for awhile down in the US but i n Canada we could'nt get a gmrs radio--- now Walmart has stacks of them
I think the DOC and FCC are trying to keep frs and gmrs from going the way of CB by making it illegal to use external antennas-- I'd never imagine there being frequencies for JUST handheld use-- which is pretty close to what frs and gmrs is--
Anyhow I think I rambled on off topic a bit

Highlander_821 · #22 (**permalink**) 11-13-2005, 07:00 PM

In the US, GMRS allows external antennas and up to 50 watts of power. FRS is limited to .5 watts and no external antennas.

Cheech · #23 (**permalink**) 11-13-2005, 10:29 PM

Yeah there are repaters set up for gmrs as well. Its not a used band though besides by the people with the cheapo hand held and react. I like the idea of murs though. I think they should increase the power but they probly never will.