bjturner
Newbie
I'm new to the forum and radios. But I'm looking for some advice and figured I would try here.
I am a physician assistant and was asked my church group to be in charge of first aid and medical treatment for a large group event in Southern Wyoming.
I am looking for a reliable form of communication with me and the group because I may be up to 5-7 miles away from the group while they are traveling (hiking) and I'm at the base camp, or I may be with them and need to communicate with the base camp.
I am wondering if a handheld that transmits GMRS is a good option for me, or if there is a better option?
I had seen friends of mine that I Jeep with use Baofeng HTs and thought that may be a good option but after looking into it, if they do not offer huge benefits in range then getting licensed and having another person licensed on the other may not be worth it.
I'm familiar with FRS and now after reading a few things a little about GMRS, it looks like I need a license to use GMRS but one that can be used for my whole family. GMRS seems a little bit more straight forward than going the HAM route.
Thanks in advance for any help on this.
I am a physician assistant and was asked my church group to be in charge of first aid and medical treatment for a large group event in Southern Wyoming.
I am looking for a reliable form of communication with me and the group because I may be up to 5-7 miles away from the group while they are traveling (hiking) and I'm at the base camp, or I may be with them and need to communicate with the base camp.
I am wondering if a handheld that transmits GMRS is a good option for me, or if there is a better option?
I had seen friends of mine that I Jeep with use Baofeng HTs and thought that may be a good option but after looking into it, if they do not offer huge benefits in range then getting licensed and having another person licensed on the other may not be worth it.
I'm familiar with FRS and now after reading a few things a little about GMRS, it looks like I need a license to use GMRS but one that can be used for my whole family. GMRS seems a little bit more straight forward than going the HAM route.
Thanks in advance for any help on this.