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BBill Ruttan reacted to kb1ejh's post in the thread GMRS/FRS Emergency Communication Channel with
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GMRS traveler's aid frequency has been 462.675MHz with CTCSS of 141.3, FRS in some places was channel 1. CB was channel 9 back in the... -
BI received photos from the craftsmen at Overland Outfitters of a preproduction sample of the jack compartment bag that I designed and...
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BBill Ruttan replied to the thread GMRS/FRS Emergency Communication Channel.Older FRS transmitters were restricted to 0.5 watts of output power and could not tune Channels 15-22 (where 50 watts is permitted with...
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BBill Ruttan reacted to highwest's post in the thread GMRS/FRS Emergency Communication Channel with Like.
Marine VHF also uses 16 for hailing and distress. Would be nice to standardize around this, but it sounds like FRS doesn’t go that high..?
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BBill Ruttan replied to the thread GMRS/FRS Emergency Communication Channel.A useful thing about FRS and GMRS Radios (both hand-held and mobile) is that they are “interoperable“ on Channels 01-07 (max 5 watts)...
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BBill Ruttan replied to the thread GMRS/FRS Emergency Communication Channel.While Channel 3 is common to both new and older FRS Radios, there is a significant transmitter power limitation (2 watts for FRS, 5...
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BBill Ruttan replied to the thread Outfitting my Grenadier Trialmaster.Real wood does help to ‘warm up’ the feeling of the interior.
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BBill Ruttan replied to the thread NOAA Alert Radio.The Midland MXT275 “MicroMobile” GMRS Band Radio can also receive all seven NOAA Weather broadcast frequencies. This radio can silently...
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BI grabbed a Midland GXT67 Pro Midland states it will send alerts for severe weather based on location without having to continuously...
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BSeems likely that one will go into production, OO has asked me for the patterns so they can make them.
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BBill Ruttan replied to the thread Outfitting my Grenadier Trialmaster.I like your version of the bag (in sand color) that fits in the front of the stowage compartment for the jack. I certainly hope that it...
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BI don't know what the Grenadier designers were thinking when they created the storage compartment in front of the jack. It's hard to...
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BI'm not sure I understand what the Grenadier designers were thinking when they created the compartment in front of the jack compartment...
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BIt's been two weeks since I dropped my Grenadier at the dealer - it was time for its first annual service, applying the software update...
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BBill Ruttan replied to the thread GMRS recommendations.The “sweet spot”, for Garmin, is their MXT275 MicroMobile. Just buy the FCC License ($35 for 10 years), plug the radio into your ‘power...