Okay How many RV'ers here use CB-Radio's?
While waiting on my wife I struck up a conversation with a fellow RV'er. During our exchange, he began telling me of his dependence on his CB-Radio while SHOPPING, Appointments, pickups, and other use...
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azdryheat wrote:
I thought I had a family radios but they're billed as COBRA ACXT545 Walkie Talkies. They look like family radios and have a range of 28 miles. I use them to communicate between my RZR and home base trailer.
what you have are FRS radios. the FRS shares frequencies with the GMRS (general mobile radio service)
GMRS
Overlapping FRS/GMRS Frequencies
please note that an FCC-issued license is required to use frequencies assigned to the GMRS. you may inadvertently be usung a GMRS repeater. given the size of the radios and the max power output of 2-watts it is unlikely (but possible) to achieve the advertised 28-mi range. use of a GMRS repeater makes that useful range much more likely. but of course you would need a valid GMRS license in order to use a GMRS repeater. if you have such a license you're good to go.
