Hi All,
         We have two FRS radios.  It is the family radio service.  There
are 14 channels available and I think they are in the 900 mhz range.  The
units can run up to 500 milliwatts but most are about 100 to 300.  Their
range is up to about one mile depending on conditions.  If two people are
out in the open they would probably do better.
         The Radio Schak units I have have a "sleep" mode and with 3 AA
batteries they can listen for about 4 days.  They work really nicely for
communicating with family and friends that don't have tickets.  We use them
for car pooling, hikes etc.  The prices range from about $20 to over $100
each.  There great.

73, Carl W6RGH
At 09:35 AM 10/10/2002, you wrote:
>I am in the dark, what are these frs radios?
>Is it just a receiver?
>What does it do, actually?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 4:16 PM
>Subject: kenwood frs radio
>
>
> > I don't know if any of you have thought about these things, but they are
> > getting amazingly cheap.  I've been kicking the idea around.  My wife
> > isn't a ham, not likely to ever be, well not in this life anyway...
> > Sometimes she'll stay in and play and I go out to the car to listen to the
> > game or whatever and I thought how cool these would be so I could call her
> > or she could call me to see if I was ready to come in and play or
> > whatever.  Anyhow, I won one at the ham club meeting last Tuesday.  I
> > really gave them hell about only giving away one radio, like claping one
> > hand The one I won was a kenwood with its own little speaker and also
> > comes with a set of headphones.  Why headphones.  Well the little thing,
> > and it is very small also has builtin fm stereo radio.  It is a little bit
> > of a pain for a blind person to run, but not all that bad once you get the
> > hang of it.  I'll let you know more about range and so forth when I get
> > another one.  I called a e s here in Vegas and they said they're $19.95.
> > The thing has 14 channels and 28 different subtones, what they call talk
> > groups.  Just thought you all might be interested.
> > 73s
> > Butch Bussen
> > wa0vjr