GMRS Now Legal In Canada

[YukonJack]

8) Hey fella's...GMRS is now available for use in Canada! And Bell is selling Motorola portables with a 14km range. All's I can say is aww hell, I got my Rhino GPS last year with the gmrs radio channels omitted. Ah well, was thinkin' about upgrading anyways :cry: ...

[Steeleco]

I've got a pair of Cobra's that were bought in the States last year. They are great, much better range than my old FRS radios.

[bone-collector]

have vhf and towertell as well as telus mobile good for 40+ miles :D

[Marc]

Well I just picked up a set of the GMRS motorola T5920 at crappy tire with a range of 8 km . It's got NOAA weather channels but I'm not sure what good it will be for us up in Canada. Anyone got any clue if it's any good for Canada?

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[416]

Neat! I run a vhf simplex system with my own frequency, but the problem is l only have a couple of hand helds which are good for two people, but not for keeping in touch with a group. Range varies with terrain.........have chatted on my base set with a faller/buncher rig that we both figured was in excess of 100 miles, (Vernon- Mt. Logan, Kamloops area i think ??) but the average is 20-30 miles here in the Okanagan cause of our hills. The other hassle is vhf channels are controlled frequencies, unless using provincial channels, so running my frequency outside of my home territoritory while out hunting, can result in hassles from others who run the same frequency.
Have been looking at the units everyone else uses, AND Christmas is coming!........

[zedex]

8) Hey fella's...GMRS is now available for use in Canada! And Bell is selling Motorola portables with a 14km range. All's I can say is aww hell, I got my Rhino GPS last year with the gmrs radio channels omitted. Ah well, was thinkin' about upgrading anyways :cry: ...

Go to the garmin website and update your software on your RINO. Viola. You now have GMRS. Just d/l the software and upload it to your GPS.

[elkster]

most time we just take our marine vhf radios out of our boats and put em in the truck. Good for about 30 km. But i did buy the new radios good for 13km. They seem to work pretty good. Oh yah! It's illegal to use the marine radios in your truck but what the hey, when you gotta talk ya gotta talk.

[leftcoast]

I bought a pair of used handheld Motorola VHS Radius P200's off Ebay last year and was gonna try and match channels with houndogger. I got 1 needs a battery. Dang battery is gonna cost more than the 2 radios cost me. But they have good range. One of the sawmills doesn't like me when I use them but like Elkster says when ya gotta talk ya gotta talk.

=keith=

[CanuckShooter]

midland gtx400 vp4 advertising a range of 12 miles...not kms...MILES!! Time to go shopping...

[huntersdad]

hey

Which radios do you have to have a licence for?http://huntingbc.ca/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif
i cant remember?

[zedex]

As far as i know, your SUPPOSED to have a licence to use GMRS. CB radio was the same and no one i knew ever had a licence.

[3kills]

i got an operators certifacte to use ham radios...

[huntersdad]

I got restricted radio operators certificate From Search and Rescue but have not used it

[3kills]

huntersdad that might be what i got to..i got mine through P.E.P and E.S.S...

[huntersdad]

Hey 3kills

I think it was issued by "Industry Canada."

[huntersdad]

Hey 3kills

I got mine from "Industry Canada"

[3kills]

i just found and checked mine and it is a radio operators certificate from percs and pep... percs being provincial emergency radio communiccations service...

[YukonJack]

Liscences are required for some (most) bands on VHF and UHF. CB, FRS and GMRS are open to all users without restriction.
Hey Zedex, thanks for the heads-up on the Garmin upgrade....now there goes another dream of getting new kit. Jeez, I feel like I'm workin for the Military.:grin:

[BCDeerhunter]

I have used the midland gmrs 4 watts (from the US) for about 8 months. they are great. the range is 12 miles claimed. I have got that on mountain tops. Throw those old frs to the kids, there is no comparison.

cheers

[Ronforca]

I will be purchasing some new radios and am looking to the 2 watt models. Only
good for 7 miles and that is under perfect conditions but will be good enough for us having gotten by with the frs radios.The reason for the 2 watters is that they take double or triple a batteries.If you have to use them a lot 2 watt output is much easier on batteries when used a lot.Also you can throw a handfull of batteries in your pocket.Most of the other higher power radios have
a power pack for a battery and to carry a spare is quite expensive and a problem keeping them charged up.Radio is not much goog in the bush with a
dead battery and the more you transmit the quicker they die.

[MRBucks]

My wife bought me the Cobra GMRS/FRS dual band units. The FRS channels only operate on .5 watt, while the GMRS channels are 2 watt. It came in handy this year as my other partners only had the FRS band radios. The problem I found was that to recieve their signals if they were more than a kilometre or so away, I had to turn the squelch button off, so you had the static noise between transmissions. Not great when you are in the woods, looking for a moose. I hope in the future they get the GMRS band radios, so we can use the extra power that's offered. They claim GMRS signals up to 13k. depending on terrain of course.

From all I have heard the VHS is the real way to go. Not cheap though, for good ground based units, and a license is required.