chrismol1
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Hunting season is when the bands comes alive around here. FRS, GMRS, and of course...marine band mobiles, chasing their dogs and is quite entertaining
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Are the FRS only 1-14 channels dead in your area?
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bill4long
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I live full time off the lake. During the tourist season when the "part timers" come down for their summer vacations, I have to block out the FRS/GMRS frequencies with my scanner. It's loaded with the kids, boaters, and hikers...all those beeps, and tones. MURS is fairly quiet, with a one or two yells on ch 2 (walmart 20 miles away). The wife and I use channel 5. One of these days I'm going to find those frequencies filled here too...lol
Interesting seeing all the comments on activity around the country.
Pretty much a no-man's land at my QTH . Hunters whispering on occasion during the season. That's using my scanner though. I'll connect my SDR to the 2m/440 antenna on the roof and see what's up. It's a few days after Christmas so maybe folks are trying out their new toys hihi.
Pretty much a no-man's land at my QTH . Hunters whispering on occasion during the season. That's using my scanner though. I'll connect my SDR to the 2m/440 antenna on the roof and see what's up. It's a few days after Christmas so maybe folks are trying out their new toys hihi.
Might be too far away, but a few years ago some of the truckers was using the grms frequencies over in Perth Amboy area.
I've done some ground stomping around that area a lifetime ago...but about 8, or 9 years ago I was out there briefly doing work for Verizon. Stayed in Sayerville for two days, wasn't able to go reminiscing tho...😑
I noticed alot of places are using the retevis RT 22 its cheap and good and most users never reprogram so I keep 1 scanning while i run around. in New Buffalo MI you have 6 or so dispensary's (so far) within 0 .5 watt range of each other so they are quite busyStarted hearing a Newly opened CBD Dispensary in my area this morning on Frs ch.7... " Scott with an online order for pre-rolled, gummies, etc"
About 20 or so years ago I had a Motorola FRS radio that was able to scan pl /dpl tones had weather alert of course built like a old Motorola wish i still had it if anyone knows the model let me know. Anyway I was at an airshow, and they were using an FRS freq (bad choice) in carrier squelch (worse) for opps. well along comes a family on same freq with a pl. the lady in charge came on and was telling them in csq to get off there freq
Oh yeah, I forgot! Tony's Restraint in Ivy Land Bucks County uses FRS/GMRS I know that I should be in range to hear some traffic, but I don't. Of course, I'm not really too sure about the radios that Tony's staff are using, I assume they're FRS / GMRS but looks can be deceiving. For all I know, Tony's staff could be using the color star frequencies.
No one cares about this story, but who cares...
A bunch of kids in my neighborhood have FRS radios (or maybe just one of them has a lot of them?). They have an imaginary store that they run and use the radios for it. One day they called security because a lady was in the store and was having a "bad hair day" and they wanted her out. Another day someone robbed them and they gave out a pretty detailed description of the person and vehicle, even using common phonetics for the license plate. They do price checks, catch shoplifters and a lot of other normal store radio activities. Sounds like they are having fun and staying out of trouble.
A bunch of kids in my neighborhood have FRS radios (or maybe just one of them has a lot of them?). They have an imaginary store that they run and use the radios for it. One day they called security because a lady was in the store and was having a "bad hair day" and they wanted her out. Another day someone robbed them and they gave out a pretty detailed description of the person and vehicle, even using common phonetics for the license plate. They do price checks, catch shoplifters and a lot of other normal store radio activities. Sounds like they are having fun and staying out of trouble.
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Sadly, this thread sounds just like listening to FRS/GMRS...
rf_patriot200
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Not really, DO you hear any beeps, or boops or Screaming children ? I don't .
rf_patriot200
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Quite the imagination anymore, right !
DVINTHEHOUSEMAN
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Here Ch 7 is used by a lumber yard and Ch 8 is used by a grocery store. Ch 14 had a guy and his wife on it at some point but it has been a couple years since I've heard them. During the summer I will hear tourists or kids playing with the call button on channels 1-4. Otherwise complete silence.
cpfinlay
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At my location it is mostly dead, but that's no surprise since FRS is very short range. I will occasionally hear kids and workers but otherwise nothing. I scan MURS & FRS/GMRS frequencies continually. There is some GMRS activity on a local repeater.
sempai
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christmas and hanukkah brought some new households on the air near my place in iowa city.
when i'm at my place in philly i don't bother listening for FRS specifically but do hear FRS radios occasionally because i use GMRS and often have at least one HT parked on my household channel and scanning the b-side, i never heard much FRS or GMRS near Chestnut Hill when we lived that way but in Elkins Park i'll hear some but i wouldn't recognize if they're a regular or not. all children sound the same except my own apparently!
when i'm at my place in philly i don't bother listening for FRS specifically but do hear FRS radios occasionally because i use GMRS and often have at least one HT parked on my household channel and scanning the b-side, i never heard much FRS or GMRS near Chestnut Hill when we lived that way but in Elkins Park i'll hear some but i wouldn't recognize if they're a regular or not. all children sound the same except my own apparently!
Unfortunately, no, alot of construction, landscaping, warehouse, retail stores, motels, and rest homes near old people country, Sun City West.
bill4long
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Why "unfortunately"? They're using FRS for its intended purpose.
bill4long
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