Not truck related radio

Ok I am looking for a setup for my camper etc at the lake. These handheld GMRS type radios will outdo any CB setup except for stuff that use coffins for amps etc. Not the only reason why I am looking at this is cell service just sucks at the lake. I don't want to mount a big huge antenna on my camper and on my boat. I also want to communicate with handhelds. That way I can call the wife from the boat and let her know I am comming in etc or she can call me if something happens and need to come in. I know that the Marine band systems have long reach but they are expensive at best and again require the use of a 6 or 8 ft antenna to get any range out of them. Midland has an inexpensive mobil mount that can be mounted in the camper and in a boat etc and can be wired into the 12 volt system. It is GMRS so it can work with the handheld two ways also. The FRS channels are locked out of it because you can remove the antenna from what I hear.

Can anyone tell me about these new mobil mount midland GMRS radios? Any experience with them as far as range etc?

 

Back in the day I used to run Marine Band in the boat and most everyone had another in their camper on Lake of the woods. The main thing was that we used one channel for hailing then switched once contact was made. That was to keep the haling channel open at all times. Ship to shore communications were no problem as that is the whole idea. If you can not communicate ship to shore in the event of an emergency then there was no reason to have it. The radios were not cheap then and neither were the Antennas. I perfer not to have an antenna 4 ft or longer on the boat or the camper. These GMRS radios run on an antenna less then a ft long. That is about perfect. This particular radio has the FRS channels locked out of it though. So you can not use them. From what I understand, it is because the antenna is changable or something like that.