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GMRS vs MURS
nelson96:
There's no larger event in my area than hunting camp, where people are using radio. I've still not had a problem finding a channel that is open enough to communicate to my party. The only problem I have with GMRS is being able to cover long distances in mountainous terrain and dense canopy.
libertydefense:
Hi, I emailed Rob of murs-radio, years ago I bought several tytuvf and tx888 from Rob...both do the scrambler.
I've been googling around looking for scramble capable radio.
I own a ft60, tyt, mobile unit.
but, I'd like to outfit my kids with some radios that are scamble/voice inversion capable.
please advise
my requirements for a radio
1) two freq monitoring
2) scramble codes
3) kenwood headset (two pin)
4) aa/aaa battery shell for backup
5) listen in on FM radio (common freq)
6) weather/dust/drop resistant
7) program able - chirp or otherwise
tia,
Liberty
Soladaddy:
--- Quote from: libertydefense on October 15, 2015, 03:50:43 PM ---Hi, I emailed Rob of murs-radio, years ago I bought several tytuvf and tx888 from Rob...both do the scrambler.
I've been googling around looking for scramble capable radio.
I own a ft60, tyt, mobile unit.
but, I'd like to outfit my kids with some radios that are scamble/voice inversion capable.
please advise
my requirements for a radio
1) two freq monitoring
2) scramble codes
3) kenwood headset (two pin)
4) aa/aaa battery shell for backup
5) listen in on FM radio (common freq)
6) weather/dust/drop resistant
7) program able - chirp or otherwise
tia,
Liberty
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I'll dust off this thread. The closest thing on the affordable side is the Btech MURS-V1 that will take care of 1, 3, 5, & 7. The only programming options are tone codes.
I've been hashing out this GMRS vs. MURS debate for a while. There is a great info in some of the previous posts. Have been using MURS for 15 years, mainly to have a clear freq to talk to the family at theme parks and camping. Only one time did I ever run across anyone else using MURS and think its a great service if you don't want a large listening audience. GMRS would be better to contact others. In the end I plan on outfitting the family with both, maybe with the Tera TR-505 that does both, or Btech offerings.
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