Linda,
To my knowledge any handheld transceiver is smart enough to know not 
to transmit out of band.  My Kenwood THF6a will beep if I have 
programmed in a out of band frequency but won't transmit.  And the 
same is true for a mobile transceiver.  The advantage to a mobile rig 
for home is that eventually you could put an antenna outside and have 
a much more effective transmit/receive situation than with a handheld.
Ask away and you'll get all sorts of answers here.  There will be a 
variety and none of them will be the only way but you will get a 
wonderful cross section of opinions.
Pat Byrne, K9JAUAt 11:48 AM 12/31/2011, you wrote:
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>I hope all of you have a happy and safe new year and I hope all of your
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>I am studying the mp3 lectures presented by Pat tice, and wow, what a lot to
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>My first question is about type of accessible radio. My first ham radio will
>be a hand-held radio as we have lots of repeaters here where I live-in fact
>there is a repeater about five miles from here. Can someone describe one of
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>Or, I could get a mobile one and put an indoor antenna here.
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>I am slowly getting the hang of this darn metric. LOL! In fact, it seems all
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>When you get ready to talk on a frequency, how do you know when you are
>talking outside the band? I know you have to stay within the band.
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>For now, that is all my questions. I am working on four of the lectures
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>73
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>Linda C. Knight
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