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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 15:18:11 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 22:09:12 GMT, Rich Hampel
wrote:
Actuallly it was Radio Shack on this one......
No, Moto is the reason it has a 1/2w transmitter and the private
license fees are so rediculously high for other services. Motorola
wants everyone that needs a walkie talkie to buy TRUNKED RADIO SERVICE
from, who else, THEM!
A friend of mine applied to the private licensing contractor the FCC
uses to get a 150 Mhz band system license to put up a nice repeater
with a couple of base stations and a bunch of mobiles. He's in the
paging business and has been for 30+ years. They actually tried to
pull a fast one and told him there were no licenses available....until
he filed suit in court. Suddenly, all those dead 150 Mhz frequencies
we had been monitoring for 6 months WERE, in fact, available for
license. One of Moto's strings must have broken. One of the nice
walkies is sitting on my desk. I heard him calling his wife, earlier.
We even have a telephone interconnect I can use if my cellphone
coverage sucks. The repeater runs high power from 800' up a tower and
my 7 watt walkie works 70 miles inland.
My point was Motorola doesn't WANT you to have private, untaxed
communications over a mile or so.....see?
There were other companies selling those cheap radios long before
motorola got in that end of the business. Remember Ritron, Maxon etc.
Motorola sold more "private" repeater systems than anyone else. They
sold many thousands of them.
At one time there were no private vhf repeater frequencies available
except for low power short range stuff. Only public safety and
industrial.
Regards
Gary
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