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|    JIMMY ANDERSON to TONY LANGDON    |
|    Re: Wannbe HAM    |
|    21 Sep 16 10:42:00    |
      -=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-               -=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-               JA> Understood. And that's kinda what MURS is for (no license needed).               TL> So why the multiple public radio services? FRS vs MURS, what's the        TL> difference?              Good question. Probably just different segments of the allowable bands.       Perhaps came 'online' at different times.               fcc.gov lists the channels and such and also talks about radios being       marketted for use in FRS, GMRS, etc. Maybe it's a money making thing?       :-)                            ... This message uses 100% recycled electrons       --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49        * Origin: Neptune's Lair - Olive Branch MS - winserver.org:1974 (1:116/18)    |
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