1812: How different are those from the frequently-sold FRS radios? The FRS are pretty useless without line-of-sight areas.
The ad you gave doesn't show any antennas. How long is the whip antenna you mentioned?
I want to say about 12". I'll ask my buddy to update this thread when he gets the chance, he's the one with the license and knew about what things he could do with the radios on the FRS band, how to program them, etc.
This all started when I first brought out my little cheap 2-way radios last year for our Mt. San Gorgonio hike that had about a 2-3 mile line of sight range. He liked the idea so much that he got these nicer radios for this year's Whitney hike.
