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If I may ask, what kinda Greek are y'all speakin'?
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So you know those little twin pack radios you can buy at Walmart, Bass Pro and such that say 30+ mile range that everyone used for hunting and fishing and picking and can only get maybe a mile??? Well those are GRMS radios and to legally use them your supposed to buy a license from the FCC and such but they do not enforce it.
This all being said those little things only push about 2 watts and are not very good radios but they work.
Now lets lay you get your GMRS Incense and then you install a pretty decent repeater lets say 25 to 50 watts and then you buy some better radios HTs that push 5 watts then you have a set up that can cover some millage,
With the right repeater in the right location it would be nothing to hit the repeater from Benton and talk to someone maybe in NLR or even farther. So this could be a game changer since all you have to pay the $65 fee to the FCC get your license and you are good to start talking.
Now with a HAM license you have to take a test and it is not hard but people just don't won't to study and find a place to take the test. But if you do this opens up even more opportunities as there are repeaters all over the state that you can use to extend your communications.