Hey late to the party here Not sure if anyone is still on this subject?
Jsae that would be a lot of radio juggling
The main point that Jsae is trying to point out is that most of the North American marketed radios FRS-GMR (Bubble Pack Radios) are pre programmed to run on
.5watt in the 1ch. to 10 ch. and the upper channels are boosted to the limit of 2Watts automatically.
A lot of of the radios that you buy off the shelves today in canada are pinned at 1.5 watt. hard to find 2 Watt off the shelve in Canada anymore.
Now the offshore ones they are whatever the radio is capable of do. Most can be programed from 1Watt to 8Watts or a Hi / Low setting for the out put.
Just to be clear the law in Canada is that if you are running a UHF /VHF radio over 2 Watts you are responsible as an individual to register and obtain a licence to operate it.
You must stay on the designated 22 public channels. If you are not using the designated channel you can find yourselves in a heap of Legal problems. Especially using off FRS/GMR channels in the city or Urban areas. You can be found.
There are links on this forum that you can check to see if you do have a programmable radio you can check to see if the channels are totally tuned in and match the Channel number. There has been a few guys the show up with there radios totally not tuned in.
Shoot you later