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Strongly disagree.

Aside from that, "Trump" just had his chance to do that with the re-organisation of Part 95. In other news: Trump's not on the FCC, and is highly unlikely to know what GMRS is.

MURS is very interesting and has a lot of potential. A certified MURS HT is only $85, and you can attach it to a Yagi 60 feet above ground (max allowed height) to leverage that 2W into decent simplex coverage.

But MURS is simplex-only. GMRS offers 50W (plus antenna gain) and repeater operation that greatly expands your coverage.

As others have made clear, your understanding of the certification issues is...lacking. With FRS now being 2W (same as MURS), the crucial distinction is between VHF and UHF unlicensed operation. MURS has an advantage because you can use an external antenna, and because VHF is less line-of-sight than UHF. But, if you're just using a stock duck at ground level, you aren't seeing any of those advantages.

One other thing: your BaoFeng is probably not much more powerful than an FRS HT at GMRS frequencies. The output power of the BaoFeng does down as the frequency goes up. At amateur repeater frequencies, it's well below 4W (around 3.6W), and at GMRS repeater input frequencies (467 MHz), it's below 3W. It's only at the rated 4W at 400 MHz. Donald Trump can't change this.

You actually have a considerable chance of causing actual interference by using a BaoFeng on MURS, because the BaoFeng can't reproduce the narrower bandwidth the MURS channels use, and it's right in the VHF Business Band. Whereas, on GMRS this isn't a concern (though it's still illegal).

Overall, it's a lot more complicated than you seem to think it is.

You might also look into the Motorola DLR1060 or the two-channel model, the DLR1020. (Manaul here! The six-channel model is not going to cost much extra, and instead of extra channels, you can assign special features to the four extra channel slots. That way you can reserve the "bonus button" for "Private Reply", the only thing you really can't do by using another button or channel thing. Even if you don't plan on using it NOW, the 6-channel ones will be more flexible in the face of future need.) The 900 MHz band they use is regarded as having better building penetration than UHF, and they're a lot smaller than any VHF/MURS radio I've seen, or any "real" GMRS radio either.

It should change power automatically per the channel list but I'm not 100% sure.

For an SWR meter I have one of these and it seems to work pretty well.

Thanks for explaining that. I'm starting to get a hang of this. Someone else mentioned this antenna which seems to go against convention by being small, yet claiming 3dB gain. I like it because of its small form factor but hesitant to purchase aside from all the good reviews it has, simply because of its size, my logic would suggest that's not going to work.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00794XNX6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A1R3Y6LGYUQP2B&psc=1

I live in a co-op so I'm limited on my options for an antenna. I'm currently using a Tram 1/4 wave antenna. The antenna offers no gain but has a high bandwidth that works well for both the GMRS and the HAM frequencies. The SWR is 1.3 and the antenna performs as well as a 1/4 would be expected to.

Price ~ $15.00.

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I have a pair of Motorola RMM2050's that I like. They're 2-watt MURS radios, very durable and easy to use. They run around $200 each on Amazon. In my opinion, MURS is the way to go for unlicensed handhelds for hiking and outdoor use.

If you do go with FRS/GMRS, take a look at the TERA TR-505.

On FRS you can use up to 2 watts on 1-7 or 15-22. The middle 8-14 are limited to .5 watts. I don't know that specific model so I don't know if it has the type 95 sticker on it. You can try looking it up on the FCC site but since there are so many rebrands sometimes that it tough. In theory that would work as long as you either kept power to .5 watts and only turned up to 1 watt on 1-7 or 15-22.

These are what I bought to play Walkie Talkie with the kids. They want to play with my Ham radio and that's not going to work. But these Baofeng are .5 watt FRS so fine for us to use on any channel (you just lose the overall range).

And these are in the local Target. I could pick them up whenever. I'm not sure of their specs but I'm guessing they are .5 watt as well.

It's worth noting that the FCC changed the regulations late last year to simplify the FRS/GMRS split. Basically you can use FRS radios on all channels now, but are power limited. You can't have a removable antenna or use repeaters without a GMRS license but you don't need that on the ship. So you'll find many "walkie-talkies" are low power. I'd like to a find a new FRS radio which was 2 watts on 1-7, .5 on 8-14, and 2 again on 15-22 but I don't think they exist yet.

I have the GMRS version of this radio - it's a pretty good option for someone who wants an affordable, legal, and type-accepted MURS radio but doesn't want to mess with programming radios and all that:

https://www.amazon.com/BTECH-MURS-V1-Manufacturing-Personal-Business/dp/B075VBP9YG

https://baofengtech.com/murs-v1

I bought my mobile antenna setup on Amazon.

Here is the link directly to what I purchased.

It's an NMO mount so I can upgrade the quarter wave that came with it to something else later on if I desire.

This is the one I use :

https://www.amazon.com/Signstek-Professional-Standing-Wave-Meter-Testing/dp/B00GNVJ8IU/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1541165954&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=ham+swr+meter&dpPl=1&dpID=510CRwSLaUL&ref=plSrch

It says it only covers to 450MHz but seems to work fine at 462. But there are lots of cheaper and more expensive ones on Amazon, just check reviews.

Could have saved a lot of money and had twice the power supply.
Have been running this setup on my 100 watt rig thats rated at 25 amps at full power with zero issues

Power supply $17

Heavy duty cord

Just about Any uhf mag mount should work. The photos you linked, looks like it has a uhf connector. This is also known as a so-239. If that's the case, you need an antenna with a pl -259 connector. This should work:

https://www.amazon.com/Tram-Connector-Antenna-410-490-Magnet/dp/B01976NIB0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1467773359

Baofeng (ok, wait, hear me out) GMRSV1 is part 95 certified and with the nagoya whip antenna, i have hit a repeater (while sitting on my roof) 7 miles away on the high power setting. it is programmable with CHIRP and supports tons of CTCSS tones. Plus its cheap.

Would something like this work if I limit it to channels 1-7?

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They seem to be low power with an attached antenna. I'd really like to be above board if possible, but we have a limited budget and I clearly have limited knowledge.

As others have said, the lack of repeater capability is a no-go for me. Also as others have stated, there is no "radio police" to come give you a ticket. As long you are not interfering with anyone else, or otherwise causing problems, it's very much do as you will until you piss off enough people. Even, it has to be a lot of people, or a few businesses.

Having sad that: https://www.amazon.com/QYT-KT-8900-136-174MHz-400-480MHz-Transceiver/dp/B01DBYW0UY

It's dual band, so you can program it for FRS/GMRS and MURS. (FRS and MURS doesn't require a license. You can also add marine radio frequencies (boats, not the military), and weather stations, and a few more options. Google will help. At 25watts max output, you can get enough distance to be useful, but not so much that you are going to cause any real issues.