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Originally Posted by ApK
Not for nothing, but the Earl announcements says the other radio choice for the US is GMRS.
To the best of my knowledge, GMRS still requires a license. It's just a matter of filling out an online form and paying a fee, no test or anything, but required nonetheless.
The FCC has proposed to do away with that license, but it hasn't happened yet, unless the news got by me.
My advice: if you are at all technically savvy, study up on-line, find an examiner, and take the no-code technician class ham test. It really is not all that hard, and you'll be able to use a radio band that is not constantly polluted by every drunken idiot with a Walmart walkie-talkie.
As a bonus, you'll be a licensed amateur radio operator, so when the zombie apocalypse comes, you'll get stationed in the command bunker manning the radio net, and not stuck on the muddy barricade with a shotgun.
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But it does not require a license to buy it, just to use it. GMRS shares 7 channels with FRS and so long as you use it in .5Watt mode without an external antenna you should be in compliance with FRS requirements to share the channel, so although it can't advertize FRS since the antenna can be swapped with an external longer or remote antenna which is not legal for FRS you should be good to go. Compliance with the law is a user thing. YMMV
Dale