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How does Ham Radio compare to FRS (personal radios often advertised as “2M range”)?

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How does Ham Radio compare to FRS (personal radios often advertised as “2M range”)?

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FRS is very similar, in many respects, to some Ham Radios for radio-to-radio communication. There are two main differences. First of all, FRS cannot take advantage of some of the range enhancing technology that hams have. Secondly, FRS is limited to much lower power. (500mw) On the other hand, FRS does not require any kind of license. How does Ham Radio compare to GMRS (personal radios often advertised as “5M range”)? GMRS can do one of the range-enhancing tricks that hams use (Repeater operation). Unfortunately, though, repeaters on the GMRS band are very rare. GMRS is also limited to less power (2 watts for units that also use FRS frequencies), although GMRS has nearly four times as much power as allowed for FRS only. Some GMRS units can operate up to 50 watts for GMRS-only radios. GMRS is similar to ham radio in the respect that users require a license, but the licenses are very different. The GMRS license is more or less just a bunch of paperwork to send in. The ham radio license i

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