Re: [Az-Geocaching] FRS Radios

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Author: listserv@azgeocaching.com
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Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] FRS Radios
Or, the old fashioned way....learn it....it isn't that hard!
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On Thu, 12 September 2002, Jason Poulter wrote:

>
> here is a link so you can figure out what they are saying
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href="http://mail.brasher.com//jump/http://www.soton.ac.uk/~scp93ch/morse">http://www.soton.ac.uk/~scp93ch/morse</a>/
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> jason
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>
> Holmes, Richard wrote:
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> &gt;
> &gt; -----Original Message-----
> &gt; From: [mailto:trisha@brasher.com]
> &gt; Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:35 AM
> &gt; To:
> &gt; Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] FRS Radios
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt; Another option is you could study for and take the No-Code

Technician
> &gt; Ham Radio test (for the cost of a study book- or free online -

and
> &gt; about $6 to take the test) and then open up your options and

range
> for
> &gt; 2-way communications tremendously!
> &gt; I can currently talk all around the world on VHF and UHF

frequencies
> &gt; (not just the traditional high-band rigs with huge antenna

arrays)
> &gt; from my mobile in my car or hand held, using the relatively new
> &gt; Amateur radio technology called IRLP, that links Ham repeaters

with
> &gt; the Internet.
> &gt; Or, I can talk to my fiance as he drives to and from work,

using a
> &gt; local repeater. Or directly over a range of a few to 50 miles,
> &gt; depending on which radios we are using.
> &gt; We have FRS radios for the kids, they work good in a very local
> &gt; setting, except that we almost always run into other people on
> channel
> &gt; (since the FRS are getting so popular) and most of them have no
> &gt; concept of &quot;radio manners&quot; (which I am used to in the

Ham radio
> crowd).
> &gt; Another 2 cents,
> &gt; Trisha
> &gt; &quot;Lightning&quot;
> &gt; N7TMY
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt; On Wed, 11 September 2002, Scott Wood wrote:
> &gt;
> &gt;
> &gt;&gt;I am looking at FRS radios and really have nothing to go on.

I don't
> &gt;&gt;know
> &gt;&gt;anyone who is currently using these.
> &gt;&gt;
> &gt;&gt;I am sure that there must be someone out in the geocaching

community
> &gt;&gt;that
> &gt;&gt;has some experience with these radios. What are some of the

things
> &gt;&gt;that I
> &gt;&gt;should look for or stay away from when shopping for them?
> &gt;&gt;
> &gt;&gt;Scott
> &gt;&gt;Team My Blue Heaven
> &gt;&gt;www.myblueheaven.com/geocache
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