Hi Gail, et al.
Channel 11-00 sounds good. As I recall if your radio doesn't have a
subchannel feature, you can hear what's on the channel, but you can't
talk to the others (I think).
The reason I always gravitate to using subchannels is from leading
trips at Gambell, AK. All of the birders share info via FRS/GMRS
radio and if the local Eskimo kids figure out what channel you are
using, they jam it up with noise and other distractions ... it's
tough entertaining yourself if you are kid in an isolated Eskimo
subsistence village!
Did anyone see the bird today?
Phil
PS. "Eskimo" is not a politically incorrect term ... (double negative
intended) ... i.e., it's an OK name, they use it themselves.
At 07:13 12/23/2010, wrote:
>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...
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