No, not with radio’s only.
For you to talk to your family interstate you need to connect to the internet via a dongle.
See “radio and dongle”
Yes you can, if the channels are programmed in the radio.
You can ask Lee to program them in, if the channels are known to him.
If you are not on a “private channel” then yes you can hear the group talk. Or if you listening to Fire, police etc.
You can only hear people who are on the same channel you are and who have an encryption key that matches yours.
Hat off, Dr H, even I can understand, thank you.
I think I maybe voted twice, sorry (Fance)