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FRS
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"The problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred."
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Oh those. Short range communications for whatever you can think of. They’d be great in a convoy or doing security at an event.
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We have 4 of these. They're like $15 - $25
When my kids were 7ish, they took one with them to the playground down the street.
We use them skiing all the time.
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Around me FRS is used quite a bit. Security, road flag people, store comms, etc. For a long time families used them at Cedar Point. Still used there, but not as much since kids younger have cells. We use them at ham swaps like Dayton and Findlay since not everyone has a ham license.
They are a good way to communicate. They all transmit half a watt. Yeah the "toy" ones don't seem to have good range. But the more you spend, the more sensitive the recieve, hence the further you can communicate. And the better understandable the audio.
They are a good way to communicate. They all transmit half a watt. Yeah the "toy" ones don't seem to have good range. But the more you spend, the more sensitive the recieve, hence the further you can communicate. And the better understandable the audio.
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25 miles from 10,000 feet
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ACTUALLY, the ones you pick up at Meijer,Walmart,...are toys, but I liked playing with walkie-talkies when I was young. Repeaters are allowed if you are licensed. This really increases that range.
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I have a set of Sylvania I bought about 20years ago. I use them for only one thing, We have satellite TV and occasioally I have to make a slight adjustment in the position of the dish.
As I'm doing it, my wife watches the on-screen signal strength monitor and reads it out to me.
Then I put them away until the next time. Once, I took one with me when I went for a walk. It was good for about a mile.
There is a day care centre a couple of blocks from our house. The staff there uses them for communications. Sometimes I hear them on my scanner.
As I'm doing it, my wife watches the on-screen signal strength monitor and reads it out to me.
Then I put them away until the next time. Once, I took one with me when I went for a walk. It was good for about a mile.
There is a day care centre a couple of blocks from our house. The staff there uses them for communications. Sometimes I hear them on my scanner.
I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
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Sure you and I could stand on two mountain peaks 50 miles apart and hear each other fine if it's line of sight. Sorta how they can make unrealistic range claims.
Life is not a dress rehearsal. This is it. There's no going back, and we can only go forward before we run out of runway.