u/Big_Damn_Browncoat

Hi. 👋

I'm quite new here, and I need to play catch up on current radio tech. I used to be an avid CB guy who modified every unit he ever owed until they had between 80 to 300 channels, so I'm pretty familiar with the old 11-meter tech.

But I'm looking at something more portable these days, and GMRS walkies have caught my attention. But the little Cobras and Midlands and such are right about as worthless as the old 27 Mhz handhelds were. However, I'm told that there's a step-up available in the GMRS realm, with more antenna and/or more power in the licensed side of the GMRS world.

So my question is: Do those handhelds offer a significant improvement in range/performance ability vs the little "avaliable absolutely everywhere" ones?