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I did check some of the recommendations. The murs seems to be pretty expensive fer what i am looking at right now. I did read through some of the info that was in the link provided. As far as i could tell, it was mostly fer ham radios and trying to talk to others at pretty far distances. I dont know much about any of this type of stuff. I am not quite interested in talking to others hundreds of miles away (no offense to those who who do) . I am just looking fer something that will be suitable fer 20 acres of land that is mostly wooded and flat.
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If your not interested in programing your own radios then I would just pick some Motorola FRS/GMRS from any major retailer.
Ham radio in general isn't only talking to people hundreds miles away, and it isn't just a single type of radio, Many hams use retired public safety gear... Same thing you find in police cars or fire trucks. You can plug them into a computer and put your own frequency's in them. A technicians ham license is nothing more then permission from the FCC to use a specified group of frequency's, Many of those frequency's are close to what people refer to as CB/ MURS/ FRS/ GMRS/ Marine...
They are all frequency allocations for a device to operate on. A channel on a radio is nothing more then pre-programed frequency and sometimes additional information.
An FRS radio is just a UHF radio that operates on a set of frequency's. Same for MURS CB etc... but they all use different frequency's. UHF-VHF-HF...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Radio_Service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mobile_Radio_Service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-Use_Radio_Service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_VHF_radio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_band_radio
First pick which above service fits your needs, then pick a radio capable...
I haven't bought a bubble pack radio in decades so I am not the person to point you at a specific radio.
Bubble pack radio refers to what you would find at Walmart, or Target... Its an FCC type accepted radio that is usually non programmable and will only work with a specific service, like FRS.
A good example of this type of radio would be a Motorola Talkabout.
Many of us use radios that are capable of all of the above services (excluding CB.)
Believe it or not these radios only cost $30~40, and have more then 3x the capability of your average bubble pack. They do have to be programed by the user though. Usually with a computer.
ETA/ hope that helps. The "radio" topic can go just as in-depth as an AR15 build... I tried to lay out as simple as possible. Feel free to post any questions and I will do my best to answer.