Of course, you'll still need the GMRS license. I think it' still $75....but if there were enough of these around, it could be an option.
But that puts you back into a situation where your mobile GMRS radio is much more powerful (45w) then the 5w handheld radio that most people would have. What that means is they might hear you but you wont hear them once you are outside the 5w range and when you are close in you will over modulate their little radios so it sounds like your talking through a toilet paper tube.
So just some thoughts to add to the mix. Oh and on a side note it was nice to be able to use an open autopatch (connection between repeater and phone line) to give my wife a call to say we were running late on the trail even when I didn't have cell coverage.
Just to clarify for us non-HAM(yet) (hey! HAMyet! a new word!) folks, is a repeater a manned station, or is it an automated system set up by a private or governmental entity?
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It seems like most of the Hammies, (sorry) are out west.
Does Ham also do well when deep in heavy and thick woods?
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Just to clarify for us non-HAM(yet) (hey! HAMyet! a new word!) folks, is a repeater a manned station, or is it an automated system set up by a private or governmental entity?
A repeater is an automated radio-relay system. It listens on X frequency, and transmits on Y frequency.
You setup your radio to transmit on X frequency (to the repeater) and listen on Y frequency. Repeaters are usually at very HIGH locations (such as Cheyenne Mtn here in Co Springs).
It seems like most of the Hammies, (sorry) are out west.
Does Ham also do well when deep in heavy and thick woods?
Of course, It depends on radio power, antenna type/quality. But generally - yes. I can usually get 2-3 miles on my handheld (5watt), 5-10 miles on my mobile (50 watt) to another ground station in the deep woods. I can hit a repeater up to 50 miles away on my mobile from the woods.
Great thread, very informative. I've always had a negative connotation about HAM operators from back when I was a kid and I'd be listening to the radio with my parents and hear some dudes talking back and forth during my favorite song. Not sure if it was really from HAM operators or not, but that's who my parents would blame it on and jaded me.
Great thread, very informative. I've always had a negative connotation about HAM operators from back when I was a kid and I'd be listening to the radio with my parents and hear some dudes talking back and forth during my favorite song. Not sure if it was really from HAM operators or not, but that's who my parents would blame it on and jaded me.
Just to clarify for us non-HAM(yet) (hey! HAMyet! a new word!) folks, is a repeater a manned station, or is it an automated system set up by a private or governmental entity?
and to answer your other question, i am sure that the government has some, but all the ones i use and know about are put up and maintained by the amateur community, many are run by repeater groups like Colorado Repeater Association but any amateur can put up a repeater.
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