Another Look at Business Band Radios

Yes, I know I said I’d start working on learning websites.

The best laid plans of mice and men and all that.

I’m back to looking at business band radios. I’m noticing odd stuff about the market.

There doesn’t seem to be nearly as many companies making business band radios as companies making amateur / ham radios. That surprised me.

The ham radios often have a description of their power output. I’m not seeing that as often on business band radios. I’m not sure if that’s because there’s a set maximum output for business band, or if it’s because hams will look for output power specifications and business band radio customers don’t.

I am also wondering if GMRS has consumed most of the business band market. Doing a bit of reading, it sounds like GMRS is a far easier license to get. That also means GMRS can be crowded in some areas and the main benefit of business band is less competition for airtime.