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Originally Posted by LUTNIT
and illegal if your caught broadcasting at that power on FRS or GMRS frequencies.
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$400 at Radioworld, can probably source it a little cheaper online. You need the hand mic/ptt for convenience and since the built in mic is waterproofed its audio pickup is a little muted (there is a post fix for that but you have to remove the protective membrane over it).
Best part is the VX-7R Commander software and cable makes this puppy totally and easily PC programmable. The software also can unlock the unit for transmitting on the ham channels, so no soldering iron required and you can switch it back with one upload.
Yes, its illegal to broadcast on GMRS/FRS channels at full power but frankly you'd need some pretty hefty infrastructure to catch someone doing that. Besides, if you're not interfering with legal traffic, nobody cares. The other benefit to this is you and your teammates can pick sideband channels that bubblepack radios can't pick up so your comms at airsoft games are secure.
You know what is more annoying than a hacked radio? Listening to someone on the net that doesn't have any radio protocol knowledge drone on about how many beers he drank the night before and how hung over he is and then his life story. There should be a charge for radio idiocy. Thats another good reason to get off the regular nets at airsoft games - pedantic useless chatter.
Having the weather channels is handy too. I've also got it programmed for the highway emergency channels for the US and all the CB freqs.
Being waterproof and also built like a brick I give no thought to my electronics and getting dunked or dirty now - this radio can take it. I've killed at least 2 bubblepack radios in airsoft through water damage.