Absolute

I'm liking this Idea, I get sick of not being able to hear the guy 5 Jeeps in front of me because he's up around the corner of the mountain. Or the guy who has a weak radio. Finally a better option.

Angry_Fisherman

I went a on a run with a group of folks yesterday and we were all running on 2 meter simplex. It was nice not too have that horrible sounding AM crap and all that noise you get on CB. I think the GMRS and FRS frequencies are way too congested. MURS would have been a good option for the trail it really hasn't caught much popularity.

rockkrawler628

Interesting thread... Anywhere I could get more information on GMRS radios?

rockkrawler628

I quickly tried to google and found some info... I'm familiar with cb and 2 way radios but not so much on gmrs/ham. Id be interested in getting a mobile GMRS in my jeep but I wouldn't know what channels to have it programmed too. Id really only use it for trips/emergencies... No real point for any other use I suppose.

hobbz

My ATV club uses GMRS radios instead of CBs. We have found that we can talk further, the radios are more reliable than CBs, and the antenna is only 6". There are lots of ATV clubs making the switch over to GMRS and it won't be long until the Jeep crowd converts over too. It is just better technology.

zwvirtual

interesting idea. I just put a CB radio in mine, so I don't think I'm about to pull it, but I do have a handheld FRS/GMRS radio. Are there certain frequencies that 4 wheelers tend to use on GMRS? I know the OP doesn't like the handhelds but maybe it's better than nothing until GMRS usage climbs and radio cost drops?

Its_a_JK

MURS is a less popular band than GMRS most likely due to the output limitations imposed by the FCC. The maximum output for MURS is 2 watts vs the 40 watt capability.

Moterola makes a handheld model MS350R that is available through Bestbuy or walmart. This is a few more bucks than a standard FRS radio ($99.00 per set at bestbuy) but is capable of hitting repearters where as most others while are packaged as GMRS do not have the repeater capability. I have a set of these and they are very good radios. The drawback that I see with the handhelds is my batteries are always dead, you cannot hear them very well in the jeep with the radio on and they are limited in power due to the proximity of the operator to the antenna.

We have received a shipment of Midland MO-4128's which are 45 watt 128 channel mid grade mobile radios. They are running $299.00 with free programming.

Remember all GMRS frequencies (handheld or mobile) require the FCC license. The cost for the license is $85.00 through the FCC.

zwvirtual

I was looking at the Midland GXT1000PV4 (36 mile), it's at about $60 on Amazon. Would that be about as good as the MS350R? Only thing that sucks is that you have to get 2 radios. Wish I could just buy one.

rockkrawler628

Id be interested in getting one but have no clue what frequencies I would want. Esp for emergencies

hypeiv

I am for it b/c I think the GMRS band is much better than the 11m CB band... small antenna, more power, better penetration through trees, etc... so I am all for it. I am a ham so the $85 would be annoying but if my club went GMRS I would sign right up.

Ham is much cheaper but to get the tech license it takes about 10 hours of studying, and time is money and I assume most of you guys make more than $8.50 an hour so I guess the $85 isn't that big of a deal.