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...getting above it all, I might be able to hear my friend Dmitri, transmitting from less than a mile away, on the 23rd floor of the Time & Life Building. Unfortunately, only one of the six radios I tested from on high worked clearly: Audiovox's GMRS-1525 ($240 a pair). Its superior reception, easy controls and rechargeable batteries made it my favorite...
...Motorola Talkabout T6310 and Kenwood's FreeTalk UBZ-JH14 were close seconds. If you can stomach the $300-a-pair list price on the rugged-looking Talkabouts, you'll be treated to a built-in weather channel, FM radio, alarm clock, stopwatch and multiple privacy modes to keep your calls from being interrupted or overheard. The menus, however, are so loaded down with extras (including 10 different beeps) that it's hard to find the basics. The best feature on Kenwood's Freetalk ($230 a pair) is the ability to scan for a free channel--a big timesaver...
...simplicity at a bargain price, there are plenty of choices. The water-resistant Unwired FRS-14 ($99 a pair) has high-end features like voice activation and a full range of channels and subchannels, but it looks and feels cheap. The tiny Audiovox FR-560FM ($120 a pair) comes with an FM radio, earphones and fold-down antenna, but we found its reception to be among the worst of the bunch. The colorful Radio Shack Two-Way Personal Radios are currently on sale at $50 a pair but have only two channels and are best for backyard fun or neighborhood...
...look for any brand that offers FRS (family radio service) with 14 main channels and 38 subcodes (or subchannels). Voice activation, channel scanning and scrambling to keep eavesdroppers at bay are also handy. If you plan to use the radios often, it's worth investing at least $100 a pair. Nothing's worse than an earful of static...
...Tulis' larger point: If parents act as if politics matters, kids will pick up on that enthusiasm. The biggest assets in my education campaign, I realize, are my husband and his mother, a pair of lifelong political junkies. She indoctrinated him in the joys of campaign rallies at a tender age, and now shows our kids the sights of Washington whenever we visit. He campaigned for Mo Udall in high school, worked for Ed Koch after college and can usually be found in the den, glued to C-SPAN's "Road to the White House...