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What FRS Radios Are Available That Have 2 Watts Of Power?
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bill4long
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That is incorrect. 2W is allowed for in the FRS on channels 1-7 and 15-22.
bill4long
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Yeah, you're right
n1das
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What UPMan said.
The new Part 95 rules updated FRS to reflect what the 22 channel GMRS/FRS combo bubble pack radios are today. No more GMRS/FRS combo radios are allowed. The same 22-channel bubble pack hardware is simply reclassified as FRS under the new rules.
bpendleton
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Check out the Retevis RT22.
Keep in mind that most of the FCC rule changes were made to make many of the existing FRS/GMRS combo radios (and the way people used them) legal. There were a number of models that already approached 2W on channels 1-7 and 15-22. One examples is the Motorola MR250 at 1.92W:
MRCEJ Two Way Radio with GMRS, FRS, Weather Band Test Report HK08111026-1 Giant Electronics Ltd
The Motorola T400 series is also close at 1.71W:
89FT4924 Two Way Radio with GMRS, FRS and Weather Band receiver Test Report 15010029HKG-001 Motorola Solutions, Inc.
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