well, like I said, money grab. Too rich for my blood. So until they drop a
GMRS license to something reasonable like $20 I'm going to broadcast over my
2 watt Uniden handhelds with mygirlfriend without a license and not lose any
sleep over it. Since she's not a relative it would cost us $150 to both be
licensed anyway, and that's just ridiculous.



"Bruce in Alaska" wrote in message
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"Falky foo" wrote:

I don't understand how you're making the connection between a high fee
and
regulation of the service. How does a high fee serve to regulate a
radio
service? And if it's so effective in doing so, why is the Amateur
service
license essentially free?

The fee is a Paperwork Processing Fee, as Mandated by Congress, when
they rewrote the Communications Act in the 80's. All non-Media Licensing
is Paperwork Processing Fees, and that's also why they extended the
License Terms, from 5 to 10 years. The FCC figures that it cost $75US,
to Process the License for GMRS, and keep track of it for 10 years.
Figuring all the people in Gettysburg, PA that do the Licensing, I am
not suprised.


Bruce in alaska
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