RE: How many of you use HAM Ban radios?
I'm going to do this as well, David. The TX module is $55/$60 bucks, plus how ever many receivers you need. I'll need one 149, one 148, and the rest can get by with 127s. Its going to cost me around six bills total, by the time I buy crystals. I plan to keep one model on 72mhz, so I'll keep one receiver and the tx module. The other receivers will sell pretty quick, I think.
I believe I'll hang onto all the 72mhz crystals I have accumulated, though. You just never know...