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 |  | FRS vs CB
< on 1/24/2005 5:06 PM >
|  | | | It seems that everyone on here who uses unlisenced radio is going the FRS route. IM curious as to why, CB gets 4watts output vs .5 for FRS, and it goes much further. Im just wondering if there is some kind of advantage to FRS over CB?
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ofberenonehand
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 1 on 1/24/2005 5:33 PM >
| | | | More sub channels and less activity? Cheap radios? long battery life?
Or maybe it's just using a CB makes you feel like you're in some 70's B movie...
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Haunting_1963
Location: Edmonton AB
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 2 on 1/24/2005 5:51 PM >
| | | | Well personally with the right FRS can't you get at least a little privacy? Plus with a CB your trying to hide from a security guard and the thing could pipe up at any time with some trucker looking for high speed chicken feed (meth)
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rz350
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 3 on 1/24/2005 6:03 PM >
| | | | But with CB, you can actually like talk more then a block away, if your worried about it piping up, put it on a higher channel and turn up the squelch, so only somthing close has enough power to come on, or turn it off well running from said guard.
I find more activity on FRS then I do on CB  Maybes it diffrent in diffrent areas. But for my FRS, is always busy and has less range then what I could get by yelling.
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 4 on 1/24/2005 6:36 PM >
| | | | i carry a cb in my car that i put snowshoes on to make it run in high gear, great when im trying to dodge smokeys in the bush. The other day i had the backdoor on this guy and there was 4 smokeys in a chicken coop at the next cloverleaf! i was lucky i didnt put the hammer down in the hammer lane
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Indiana Jones
Location: Brooklyn, NYC
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 5 on 1/24/2005 7:05 PM >
| | | | Handheld CB's are generally bigger, heavier, more expensive, and more power hungry than FRS radios. They also require pretty long antennas to be efficient.
The wattage of a radio isn't as important as the efficiency of the antenna. If you use the 4 watt CB without the antenna fully extended you will probably have less range than the .5 watt FRS. I've gotten about a mile range out of a cheap FRS radio from a car to someone in a house.
Also, because of the nature of the CB's signal, it's not the best suited for urban environments. It's AM and subject to interference from many electrical sources and has a fairly long wavelength so may not work well in certain buildings.
Another option are the FRS/GMRS radios. You have the FRS channels plus the GMRS channels which allow a higher output than FRS. GMRS is much more flexible as to what you are allowed to do with it. GMRS does require a license but all you need to do is apply for it, pay the fee and you have it, although I don't know anyone who actually gets the license. As long as you don't act like an ass on the radio they PROBABLY won't bother you.
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 6 on 1/24/2005 7:46 PM >
| | | | I dunno, I get much better range on my CB then on my FRS, and tho its more power hungry, it takes AA and not the rip off and puny AAA's so it last longers none the less.
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| |  | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 7 on 1/24/2005 8:00 PM >
| | | | Posted by bystander
Handheld CB's are generally bigger, heavier, more expensive, and more power hungry than FRS radios. They also require pretty long antennas to be efficient.
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That's a perfect answer.
If you really want something better than an FRS, CB isn't the way.
Try a pair of Motorola XTN series radios instead.
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Indiana Jones
Location: Brooklyn, NYC
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 8 on 1/24/2005 8:27 PM >
| | | | Posted by rz350
I dunno, I get much better range on my CB then on my FRS, and tho its more power hungry, it takes AA and not the rip off and puny AAA's so it last longers none the less.
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Yeah, you will get better range on a CB if set up properly. Given the proper conditions you can talk over thousands of miles with a CB. I'm just looking at it from the point of using it for UE. For that purpose a smaller VHF radio is a better choice.
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 9 on 1/24/2005 8:33 PM >
| | | | I've been running an ad for the past 6 months trying to sell a 3.5 watt hand held unit that has all the bells and whistles. It seems like nobody wants them anymore.
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Flash
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 10 on 1/24/2005 11:37 PM >
| | | | Ok... CB Radio Vs. FRS
CB Radio's All run on the 26-29Mhz band.
Also Called the 11 meter band. To get the most efficient use from a CB
You must have a large antenna. Usually 1 meter and higher.
basically, CB'S are good for talking to people more than 3 km away.
With the CB in my car I can talk to people 30 to 50 Kms away and I can just understand them.
You can seriously damage a CB unit by using it indoors.
FRS/GMRS Radio's all run on the 462-467Mhz band. (Correct me if I'm wrong)
This allows you to use a smaller antenna. Usually 5.5 cm. A Cell phone is 900Mhz and you can use it anywhere and it has a small antenna. FRS Radios don't have the power a CB does but are a little more versatile. You can use them indoors and they will out perform a CB.
Think of a CB as a Gas powered Chain saw, and a FRS as a pocket knife.
Chainsaws are good outside, But would be difficult to open a Plastic bag.
A Pocket knife could not cut down a tree very efficiently.
But as of recently I have heard about the new version of FRS that have 2 or 3 watts of power. Until I get too play with one I Can't tell you more about them.
I hope this helps you all.
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 11 on 1/25/2005 1:45 AM >
| | | | well it really damage it in indoors? even a hand held?
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Louie
| | | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 12 on 1/25/2005 2:45 AM >
| | | | Posted by Flash
But as of recently I have heard about the new version of FRS that have 2 or 3 watts of power. Until I get too play with one I Can't tell you more about them.
I hope this helps you all.
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| | | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 13 on 1/25/2005 3:09 AM >
|  | | | Most of the time when I am exploring my team is in close proximity, so long range is not an issue with FRS. I have had no problem with FRS communicating while on a mission (except for dead batteries). Even when I was meeting up with my team that was already at a location and figuring out where exactly they were. I was talking fine to them several hundred metres away and had several buildings in between me and them. Plus the small size of FRS means you can conceal them almost anywhere.
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nostra-YOUPPI!
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 14 on 1/25/2005 4:16 AM >
| | | | i figured this should be moved, thats a big ten four good buddy to the suicide jockey that had the front door to move this
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 15 on 1/25/2005 7:27 PM >
| | | | That's a big TEN FOUR good buddy. I'll be shakin' the trees and you be rakin' the leaves. Roger Dodger and out. Got my cab over pete with a reefer on.... Oh god a flashback!!! Yikes!
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 16 on 1/25/2005 9:03 PM >
| | | | im a mile out of shakey town, this here is the rubber duck about to put the hammer down, wath out for the aligator at mile 56. keep it on one niner there is a bubblegummer down in the basement and the cubscouts are out on the slab. i got to make a coke stop so im gonna cut the coax come on
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| |  | | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 17 on 2/2/2005 11:40 PM >
| | | | Posted by rz350
It seems that everyone on here who uses unlisenced radio is going the FRS route. IM curious as to why, CB gets 4watts output vs .5 for FRS, and it goes much further. Im just wondering if there is some kind of advantage to FRS over CB?
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Some of the older CB radios are still tuned to 5 watts, as is most base station units.
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 18 on 2/4/2005 4:47 AM >
| | | | I picked up a set of FRS radios with a charger and headsets for 40 bucks at wal-mart and they're perfect for UEing anything smaller than a football stadium. Nuff said
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NoSuchPerson
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| | Re: FRS vs CB
<Reply # 19 on 2/4/2005 12:28 PM >
| | | | Meh.
I don't waste my time with toys.
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