mrblah
Senior Member
GMRS is worth it for the neanderthal such as me.
Pretty much as plug and play as you can get. Whats cool, is they can also use FRS frequencies, you know those cheap-o handhelds that kids play with. So you can hand those out to strangers, kids, and your vehicle becomes a base camp... etc.
There is no programming (for midlands) but other brands do make programmable GMRS radios (if thats your thang).
To use the high power frequencies, you have to pay for a fee for a license and is cheap, no test, lasts 10 years, and extends to anyone that lives in your address. You get a cool callsign if u want to nerd out. You do not need a license if u stick to the low power frequencies, but it gets annoying using the low power frequencies, because you get alot of children's cross chatter on those frequencies. It seems every kid has one when you travel to the middle of bum-fck nowhere..lol.
I ditched my CB radio because of GMRS..... Only thing is CB's have cool antenna's like the fire sticks, although the ghost antenna for GMRS is pretty cool. Now i got that big fatty one just to make up for my poor genetics..ahhahaa.
Also another cool thing about GMRS, the base units have gotten so small, you can do ghost installs in your vehicle. Out of sight, out of mind when the low lives come around.
I have no interest in HAM. Although i do have a HAM setup also, but its been sitting in a box along with my CB radio in my office.
Most people use GMRS (offroading, hikers, kids, etc).
CB is pretty much dead.
HAM is cool but not when nobody in you your social circle uses it...lol. Sure you can tune it to GMRS frequencies, but i have no interest in that because i hate programing and im lazy. i have other things to do with my life.
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