Two years ago, in my home state of Kentucky, we had a devastating tornado that traveled nearly 200 miles, leveled towns, killed scores of people, and left widespread devastation. When emergency ...

So for Burning Man, it'd be nice to have a radio that can do GMRS/FRS (I know about the GMRS FCC license, I'll get that), MURS as a bonus, and can be programmed for channels outside of that.

Local teacher Gabe Oberlin (K8PHP) recently travelled to the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) Headquarters in Newington, Conn., as he was selected to participate in the Teachers Institute on Wireless ...