Hi Phil and others,

As many of you know Barry and I use FRS radios widely both here and in 
our travels abroad -- they have saved us many a rare bird (and mammal -- 
e.g. a pair of Clouded Leopards in Thailand!) We also use them on CBCs 
to coordinate parties and report rarities (if we ever find one, hah!). I am 
frankly astonished they are not used more often by birders. It saves all
that  
yelling, waving, and running back to collect folks...

I was on the ABA committee which recommended the easily-recalled 
11/22 channel/subchannel set-up but since then, in practice,  we have 
found that between radios and different manufacturers, not all of the 
subchannels are completely compatible. Some of the older radios do not 
have subchannels, either. Now we just use one channel (and no 
subchannel) 

Thus I recommend for the GCSP, use just channel 11. (On a radio with 
subchannels, this would be set at 11/0)

But I agree, these are is by far the best way to communicate information 
amongst a group...

Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD

Original Message:
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From: Phil Davis 
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:23:29 -0500
To: 
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] GCSP Wednesday late pm - use FRS Channel 
11-22


The absolute best way to communicate in this 
situation is via FRS 2-way radio -- this way 
everyone can hear all communications at the same 
time, directly from the source. I was surprised 
that nobody else had radios yesterday (Wed). If 
you have more than one radio (they are sold in 
pairs) bring them and pass out the extras!

Use channel 11-22.

Phil




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