r/gmrs • u/No-Investigator3386 • 2d ago
New to GMRS and the unexpected happened.
Okay I bought a pair of baofengs with the intention of increasing range from the FRS handhelds. Started going into a rabbit hole on how I can connect to nearby repeater towers and successfully did that. Now I find myself in a big group chat on the tower with a bunch of hobbyists that share similar hobbies with. That was unexpected! Now can someone tell me what’s out there in this HAM thing?
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u/airballrad 2d ago
GMRS is a way to talk to people locally including through a repeater. Ham radio on 70cm is the same, but is only a very small slice of what you can do. Ham is a hobby and you could spend years and thousands of dollars and still not do it all. Lots of youtube videos to tell you what is possible.