>I cannot use a radio Ive been using because Radio Shack had the rules 
hanged
> and I am 1 watt over the limit. 
Don't GMRS radios have a High/Low power switch like Ham HTs?
>of people, me included, tried to influence  them against this to no avail.
>Radio Shack had the cash to make it happen. 
Ah yes. There's the key point. Money talks. 
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