ham radio emergency nets

Primarily northwest. There are repeaters in Shreveport that will let us talk about a 50 mile radius.

Oh, so no linkup with Northeast LA, like LDRC or NELARC. Shoot.

Not yet, at least.

The last King of Jordan was a ham, evidently the current one is as well. He flew into the Avery county airport with a load of supplies.

Apparently they have a active & proactive club here and held a class for beginners

Would have tried to attend if I knew about it in advance

It's good to get in touch with them. That image talks about gmrs. Gmrs requires no testing, just paying a license fee. It also uses different frequencies so you'd need a different radio. Iirc, the license covers your immediate family, not just you.

They are 5 hours north

I had the MARS modification done to both radios so should have access to the gmars frequencies 

Might try and track em down but chances are will refer me to the local club

Who knows possibly they have gotten better

Gmrs is regulated under part 95 where regular amateur radio is regulated under part 97. In order to be legal a gmrs transceiver has to be part 95 approved, so using your part 97 approved radios that are modified for gmrs frequencies is illegal. Not that it matters, because the FCC is  pretty much non-existent in enforcement anymore. Once in a blue moon they go after operators who are causing interference with government communications and might throw a part 95 violation in with the other charges.
If you get a gmrs license I wouldn't openly advertise that I was using a part 97 approved radio with the mars mod but it's not a big deal.

Gmrs is regulated under part 95 where regular amateur radio is regulated under part 97. In order to be legal a gmrs transceiver has to be part 95 approved, so using your part 97 approved radios that are modified for gmrs frequencies is illegal. Not that it matters, because the FCC is  pretty much non-existent in enforcement anymore. Once in a blue moon they go after operators who are causing interference with government communications and might throw a part 95 violation in with the other charges.

Hummmm, illegal…..wonder how they would go about investigating such a thing 

Was told at Raptor runs sometimes they use gmrs radios and it would be beneficial to have it done

I have no problem with mars mods, it's just an insignificant thing that's good to know. I have a 2nd hand Kenwood mobile hf rig that was modified by the prior owner but I've only tested it and put it away.
Gmrs is really growing in popularity, in this area most of the repeater pair frequencies are already full.