- Location
- NE Indiana
There will be a few of you that this will be new. There will be many that this will not be new.
Many chapters, including the Midwest Chapter have been moving toward using an FRS radio instead of using CB radios.
only suggests a CB radio in the list of trail equipment, so we don't require a radio at all, however, we would like to highly recommend an FRS radio at the Moab event.
These radios are hand held. No install issues that CBs bring. You can easily use them to spot in a technical area instead of yelling. The radio can be had for as cheap at $10 at Wal-Mart, or there are better more expensive ones at department stores and Amazon.
Another option is the Baofeng Black UV-5R V2. This radio can be programmed to the FRS channels and has a better range. These radios do technically require a HAM radio license, (a radio sold as an FRS radio does not require a license) so cannot officially suggest that you use one without a HAM license. There are no plans to have someone on site to program the radios at the Moab event, however, there will be folks around that can help you get the frequency in the radio for the channel you'll need for your trail.
Here is the list of frequencies for the FRS channels.
1 462.5625
2 462.5875
3 462.6125
4 462.6375
5 462.6625
6 462.6875
8 467.5625
9 467.5875
10 467.6125
11 467.6375
12 467.6625
13 467.6875
14 467.7125
15 462.5500
16 462.5750
17 462.6000
18 462.6250
19 462.6500
20 462.6750
21 462.7000
22 462.7250
This thread here is a couple years old, but has some good information in it.
There are other options of the Baofeng radio as well.
If you have questions, ask away.
mac 'the better CB' gyvr
Many chapters, including the Midwest Chapter have been moving toward using an FRS radio instead of using CB radios.
only suggests a CB radio in the list of trail equipment, so we don't require a radio at all, however, we would like to highly recommend an FRS radio at the Moab event.These radios are hand held. No install issues that CBs bring. You can easily use them to spot in a technical area instead of yelling. The radio can be had for as cheap at $10 at Wal-Mart, or there are better more expensive ones at department stores and Amazon.
Another option is the Baofeng Black UV-5R V2. This radio can be programmed to the FRS channels and has a better range. These radios do technically require a HAM radio license, (a radio sold as an FRS radio does not require a license) so
cannot officially suggest that you use one without a HAM license. There are no plans to have someone on site to program the radios at the Moab event, however, there will be folks around that can help you get the frequency in the radio for the channel you'll need for your trail.Here is the list of frequencies for the FRS channels.
1 462.5625
2 462.5875
3 462.6125
4 462.6375
5 462.6625
6 462.6875
8 467.5625
9 467.5875
10 467.6125
11 467.6375
12 467.6625
13 467.6875
14 467.7125
15 462.5500
16 462.5750
17 462.6000
18 462.6250
19 462.6500
20 462.6750
21 462.7000
22 462.7250
This thread here is a couple years old, but has some good information in it.
There are other options of the Baofeng radio as well.
If you have questions, ask away.
mac 'the better CB' gyvr
