And with Ham radio, if you buy the RIGHT radios, you can have a GMRS/Ham radio - the trick to this is to get a GMRS approved radio that can go into the ham band - NOT the other way around. Easiest way is to use commercial grade radios (aka things like GE/Erricson/Ma-com MPAs or MRKs or Motorola Sabres etc) - right now, they can be had cheap