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by solardev 649 days ago
Did you have car mounted external antennas? I'm totally new to the hobby so I might be wrong here, but I believe the handheld units are kinda trapped in a Faraday cage if you use them inside the car. If you have the 20W+ mobile (not handheld) kind and mount it to an external antenna though, there should be enough range even just with GMRS as long as you're not on the other side of the mountain or something?

Edit: Sorry, it's GMRS, not GPRS (facepalm)

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We were not using car mounted antennas. We will try this next time!