25 Mile Two Way Radio

I have a frs/gmrs two way radio,and it suposely
has a range of "25 miles"we all know that it wont
even reach 3 miles this radio has an out put power of 5watts,manufactors probably test this radios in the desert where nothing is in the way thas how they get all this miles,but any ways,can any body recomend me a good one? thanks

heres where we evaluated them before buying ours...................
we got the Midland GXT600, and it works better than my friends pager network service

2008-08-10 02:56:36 by alex

Motorola T9500 Talkabout® GMRS/FRS 2-Way Radios with 25-Mile Range sold on www.sportsmansgeardaily.com for $43 on 01/05/09 Overview: The Motorola ...

My boyfriend and I were thinking about purchasing 2-way radios. He works about 50 miles away (driving distance) but without all the twists and turns of driving, its only about a 25 miles distance. I was wondering if there were any 2-way radios that would pick up at that distance. I know they make 30 mile range radios, but I also understand that's with optimal conditions.

We live in a rural area. Wouldn't really have interference from other people. No large buildings to block the signal. Would mainly just have to overcome natural landscape. (hills, valleys, etc)

I guess my two main questions are:

Is there a 2-way radio that will REALLY work at this level?

If so, what kind?

If not, what's the longest distance that you know of? (And what kind?)
Okay, I meant my main questions. (Not two main questions... Cause there's more than two there.) Lol.
Thanks in advance!!

Curious,

You could do it, but it might be more involved than you might want to undertake.

Generally speaking you would need line of sight between you and your beau. If both of you can get to a high spot like a hill or a tall building so that you have line of sight between you or if you or he are on high ground that looks down to the other you might be able do it with CB or family band radios if you can find a clear channel. The audio might be a little noisy, but it could be kinda fun. Give it a try. If you have line of sight 25 miles is not too far.

Heck, I can see the buildings in downtown Dallas 25 miles away from my back yard. I wouldn't have a problem with a hand held radio talking to someone in a building in downtown Dallas from my back yard. I frequently talk to other hams via our ham radio satellites with my hand held radio (Yes, we have had about 70 ham radio satellites launched and FYI there is a ham radio station aboard the International Space Station for use by the astronauts but that's another story). The satellites are 250 to 300 miles up or more. No problem.

If it doesn't work with standard radios then you have to consider directional antennas and that probably starts getting too involved for you.

2009-04-25 09:44:50 by Curious

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9 Levels of VOX for Hands Free Operation
50-Channel Mossy Oak Break Out Camo with Up to 36-Mile Range
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ATM Instructions

(Contributed by J.P.)


Drive-through Teller Instructions:
Please note that this Bank is installing new "Drive-through" teller machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles.
Customers using this new facility are requested to use the below outlined procedures when accessing their accounts.
MALE & FEMALE procedures have been developed after months of careful research. Please follow the appropriate steps for your gender.
MALE PROCEDURE
1. Drive up to the cash machine.
2. Put down your car window.
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
6. Put window up.
7. Drive off.

FEMALE PROCEDURE
1. Drive up to cash machine.
2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine.
3. Set parking brake, put the window down.
4. Find handbag, remove all contents onto passenger seat to locate card.
5. Turn the radio down.
6. Attempt to insert card into machine.
7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to it excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert card.
9. Re-insert card the right way up.
10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page.
11. Enter PIN.
12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.
13. Enter amount of cash required.
14. Check make-up in rear view mirror.
15. Retrieve cash and receipt.
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
17. Place receipt in back of check book.
18. Re-check make-up again.
19. Drive forward 2 feet.
20. Reverse back to cash machine.
21. Retrieve card.
22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided.
23. Give appropriate one-fingered hand signal to irate male driver queuing behind.
24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.
25. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
26. Release Parking Brake.



One Hundred Dollars

(Contributed by Anne Suggart)

A little boy wanted $100.00 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened. Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100.00.

When the postal authorities received the letter to God, USA, they decided to send it to the President. The President was so amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $5.00 bill. The President thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy.

The little boy was delighted with the $5.00 bill and sat down to write a thank-you note to God, which read:

Dear God: Thank you very much for sending the money. However, I noticed that for some reason you sent it through Washington, DC, and those assholes deducted $95.00 in taxes.

A pretty young student walked in to her professor's office late one afternoon the day before midterm exams. She glanced down the hall, closed his door and knelt before him pleadingly.
"I would do anything to pass this exam," she said as she leaned closer to him, stroked her hair and gazed meaningfully into his eyes. "I mean..." she whispered, "I would do... anything."
The professor returned her gaze. "Anything?" he asked.
"Anything," she replied.
His voice softened. "Really? Anything?" he asked again.
"Absolutely anything," she once again replied.
He leaned close to the woman and lowered his voice to a whisper.
"Would you... study?"

....................................................

A man walks into a supermarket and notices a beautiful woman staring at him.
She stares for quite some time, so finally the man asks, "Do I know you?"
The woman answers "I think you're the father of one of my kids."
The man thinks for a minute, then realizes this kid she is talking about must be the result of the one and only time he ever cheated on his wife.
He says to the woman, "Are you that exotic dancer that was at my best friend's bachelor party about 5 years ago? You know, the one I did it with on the pool table while everyone was watching?"
The woman looks at him horrified and says, "No, I'm your son's teacher."
...............
Ol' Fred had been a religious man who was in the hospital, near death. The family called their preacher to stand with them. As the preacher stood next to the bed, Ol' Fred's condition appeared to deteriorate and he motioned frantically for something to write on.

The pastor lovingly handed him a pen and a piece of paper, and Ol' Fred used his last bit of energy to scribble a note, then he died. The preacher thought it best not to look at the note at that time, so he placed it in his jacket pocket.

At the funeral, as he was finishing the message, he realised that he was wearing the same jacket that he was wearing when Ol' Fred died.

He said, "You know, Ol' Fred handed me a note just before he died. I haven't looked at it, but knowing Fred, I'm sure there's a word of inspiration there for us all."

He opened the note, and read out loud, "Hey, you're standing on my oxygen tube?"
..........

2009-03-14 12:45:36 by summerchica

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Well I'm a bored 15 year old so i decided to write this story. This is only part 1...

"Evasive maneuvers start engines 2 and 3! I need those engine at 37 percent now hurry!!!"

"Sir, engines 2 and 3 can only go to 26 percent any higher and there's a risk of a meltdown"

"Guess there's no going around it. lieutenant get every possible person on escape pods and to the nearest planet on the double. And son good luck to you."

"Sir yes sir! Good luck to you too commander. Lets go ladies move it move it move it!!"

I started running towards the escape pods and as I left the cabin I heard the commander say in a faint voice "You guys are the finest crew I've ever had. Set those engines to 37 percent and may god be on our side." And thats when I knew they weren't gonna make it. As we left the ship and started heading for the closest habitable planet we hear a computerized voice "Engines 2 and 3 exceeded maximum power meltdown in 10, 9, 8, 7." Everyone in the escape pods watched
as their so called home for the last two years went down in a big fireball.

I turned to the lieutenant and said, "They're gone. We have no home where will we go now?" "We'll have to go to the closest habitable planet. The jungle planet in the Libra constellation." He said with a bad look on his face. Soon after, I input the coordinates to the Libra constellation."Ok everyone get in cryogenic sleep it'll take a few weeks for us to reach our destination even in warp speed." A few weeks later I was the first one to wake up. I looked out the window and there it was Tropica the jungle planet. It was green with a thick light green atmosphere. I wake the others up and tell them were at our destination. "Were here better land this thing before our oxygen runs out." Said one of the survivors. "Thomas you take control get us on the ground." "Aye aye sir." Thomas slowly goes towards Tropica. "Were through the atmosphere. Wait air brake failure deploying chute now." Master Alarm goes off as I deploy the chutes. "Everyone brace for impact!!" The ship crashes about 25 miles from the nearest lake. As i regain consciousness I said, "Check Thomas how is he?" "He's dead." said the lieutenant "just like the other survivors." But as he finished the sentence I see Mizuki getting up. "You ok?" I asked. "Yes." She replied.

"Ok we need to look for water and a radio." As i started looking for a radio mizuki says, "Found one but it's broken I can fix it but it'll take a few hours" "Ok you start in that and the lieutenant and I will go look for water and food." "I found a gun!" yelled the lieutenant from near a tree. "And it's loaded we can use it for hunting." 2 hours later the lieutenant and I were walking and we saw a tiger like beast with long sharp tusks coming from the bottom jaw. "Diner." I whispered. "Yeah." As the tiger like beast looks at us he starts to run towards us. The lieutenant tried to shoot but the gun didn't do any damage. As the tiger like beast slowly stalked us we see a harpoon made of sharp jewels pierce his body. "Who's there!" yelled the lieutenant but no response. As the mysterious group gets closer to us we realize they are survivors from another escape pod. They were badly injured so we took them to our pod were we had first aid kits. As we get close to the pod mizuki says, "Radio's fixed!" "Good to hear." replied the lieutenant. I got the radio and tuned to frequency 107.94. "Hello anyone here." "Hello who's this?" "This is the survivors of the spaceship that crashed a few weeks ago we are on planet Tropica and we need a rescue!" "Roger that we are currently orbiting the ice planet on the Andromeda galaxy. We can reach you in 2 months." "Yes please come as soon as possible!" "Roger we're on our way." And that was the last transmission they heard.
What errors? I don't see any errors...

Uh, I am a HUGE english person, and I couldn't get past the first paragraph because of the amount of errors!! sorry. i am also not a big engineering person, so that first paragraph didnt amuse me.

2008-09-14 15:13:44 by O.o

My stubborn husband is a cheap jerk when it comes to automobiles! He is a good father, good husband, and very decent provider. But the only area he has a problem with is buying me used pieces of crap. We have an excellent marriage, and I couldn't ask for a better partner in life. He "thinks" he is a decent mechanic. If he we're a decent mechanic, then I wouldn't have 8 barely running cars on our rented property. The only one in the family that has a decent car is my husband, because he drives 25 miles one way to work every day. Me and my husband have 3 children, and I have to take the oldest to therapy 4 days a week. My younger two are only a year old. Oh did I forget to mention that my husband is in the Navy?

Two days ago, the rear axle of my car fell off when I was driving down the road. Luckily, no one in the car was hurt. Yesterday, my husband put the axle back on and told me it was "ok to drive".
I looked at him and said, "I'm not driving that POS anymore. This saturday you are staying here with the kids, and I'm buying myself a new car. I already know what I want."
He said, "Why waste good money on a new car? I can get you another used one for $200-$300 at the auction."
I said," Your always buying used pieces of crap that break down within a matter of weeks. They are NOT safe. You are putting my life and the lives of our children at risk, because your trying to 'save a buck'. Honey I love you, but your being a stubborn jerk about this. You are staying here with the kids, and I will not discuss this with you anymore. I'm driving all 8 of those cars to the dealership just around the corner, and I am buying myself a new car."
He said, "You are NOT spending My money, on a new car!"
I said, " You seem to forget that I earn 1/2 of our families income! I work full-time, take our son to therapy 4 days week, take care of the girls, the house, cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, paying bills. All you do is go to work, come home, and spend time with the kids. I do all of this without complaint. We're talking about FAIRNESS here.Your NOT being fair to me! You have two choices here: I buy a car and be happy, or I'm taking the kids and back home with my mom. What is your choice?"
He said, "Fine buy a new car." After that he wouldn't talk to me.

I went to the bank this morning and took out $10,000 to buy a new vehicle. Then I drove all 8 cars to the dealership right around the corner. With all of the trade-in vehicles, incentives, cash back, discounts (military, college, owner loyalty) I got a brand new 2010 Nissan Versa for $5,300. I love my new car. It's a 4 door sedan. Fully loaded, ESC, power windows, locks, breaks, cd am/fm radio. Did I just tell you all that I love my new car?

When I got home today, I noticed that the house was spotless, my son was in his room playing, the babies we're napping, and most of all my husband apologized for being a cheap jerk. When I showed him how much I paid for the car, his jaw dropped to the floor. He said next time he buys another car, he's taking me with him.

I would have done the same thing. He was putting you and your children in danger, so yeah, you definatly did the right thing. Be proud of yourself because you took a stand in your marriage :)

2010-03-13 18:42:46 by ;)