Hi guys, I’m new to GMRS radios. I bought a pair of Bell South little hand held radios and got a license for them about a year ago. I can’t hear anything on them at all where I live and I live on top of a fairly tall hill. It is the second highest hill in my area. I’m thinking of getting a better radio or two but I want at least one of them to be a base station and one mobile with a removable antenna that I can use with my base antenna. I already know that I’ll need a heavy duty power supply for a base unit. I already have a power supply picked out and bookmarked on my computer. I just don’t know what radios to get. I don’t want either one of them to have GPS on them but I also want ones that are as powerful as I can get. My nearest repeater that I know of is a little more than 20 miles away. I would also like to have radios that can cover GMRS for the moment but be able to T&R on the amateur bands eventually when I get my Tech License. Any ideas?
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Magoolew, first you need to decide exactly what you plan to use GMRS for?
It is definitely NOT a Citizen’s Band type of 2 way radio service❗️A few years ago, I bought into the notion that GMRS would be the next generation of CB. It has been anything BUT that😩
I have invested thousands of dollars in multiple 50 watt radios, walkie-talkies, lots of 6 db gain antennas, power supply’s, LMX 400 coax, various mobile antenna mounts, etc.
I have REALLY tried to enjoy the hobby, BUT here in the Memphis, TN area, it’s users are maybe a couple of kids on the FRS channels, construction workers communicating, school principals communicating with employees on GMRS, and finally, over-the-road truckers, occasionally.
Other than that, dead silence. Your area may be different, hopefully.
Best wishes,
Tom WRQE346