Joe's Sporting Goods has a 2-pack of reconditioned Midland LXT-80 FRS/GMRS 2-way radios for $9.88 per pack. These radios have a 12 mile "line-of-sight" range rating and 22 channels. They are water resistant. Radios only, no batteries included. 90 day Midland standard warranty.
Personally, the $11 S/H to CA kindof kills the deal, unless you're buying multiple packs like me, in which case this is cheapest deal I've seen for decent ranged FRS/GMRS radios. 4 radios comes out to ~$30 total shipped to CA, which is pretty good. Buy 10+ 2 packs (20+ radios!) to get free shipping!
EDIT: The B&M store is located in St. Paul, MN. If you live around there and do Instore Pickup, then this deal is a lot hotter.
Seems to be $18.95 + ship new on AmazonText, but not sure if it's the correct product (just for price comparisons). Google cache shows $16.99 before they were deactivated at Newegg.
An FCC license is required when using the radios in GMRS mode. The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) is a licensed land-mobile FM UHF radio service in the United States available for short-distance two-way communication. It is intended for use by an adult individual who possesses a valid GMRS license, as well as his or her immediate family members. Immediate relatives of the GMRS system licensee are entitled to communicate among themselves for personal or business purposes, but employees of the licensee, who are not family members, are not covered by the same license.
A GMRS license requires that you complete FCC form 159 and form 605. The FCC currently charges an $85.00 fee for GMRS licenses, which are valid for five (5) years. Operating a GMRS radio without a license subjects you to large fines and potential criminal prosecution.
No license is needed if you use the radios in FRS (Family Radio Service) mode.
SeaWave
Senior Member
posted: Oct. 25, 2009 @ 3:29p
I don't know how they said 12 miles, but I bought them (this model) and traveled to Vietnam, and used in a small town (which highest building is 5 floors). They worked only about 1 mile or less than that. In big city like Saigon, they were useless.
My friends and I used them in a mountain, around 2 miles totally. More than that, we had to use cellphone, that costs a lot and sometimes no signal.
12 miles "line of sight" means if you were on flat ground with absolutely no obstacles anywhere in between two radios, on a good day, possibly with God's help.
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